Power Lines

By: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Paperback | 6 July 1995

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The miraculous and mysterious world of Petaybee was to be investigated. No-one - no-one outside Petaybee, that is - could believe that the planet was a living, breathing sentient entity, that every plant and animal was in symbiotic communication with the spirit of the Petaybean world. Matthew Luzon was one to the investigators, an arrogant, wily, manipulative man who didn't believe there was anything in the universe that couldn't be controlled by hard scientific methods. His plan was to crush Petaybee, strip it of its mineral assets, and subdue or destroy the inhabitants. Major Yanaba Maddock - who had been sent to Petaybee to die, but who now understood its secretive curative powers - with the help of Sean Shongili, Clodagh, and all the gifted ones of Kilcoole, was determined to fight for their world. It was a battle in which every human, every plant, and every secretive telepathic creature - most especially the famous orange felines of Petaybee - was to be put at risk. Luzon was determined to destroy them - whatever the cost.

Industry Reviews

Sequel to the fine sentient-planet yarn Powers That Be (1993). Again the self-aware planet Petaybee, with its well-adapted inhabitants, clashes with the ruthless Intergal Company, which intends to mine - in effect, rape - the planet for its valuable ores. Intergal dispatches two tough investigators to "prove" that the planet is neither alive nor sentient, and therefore ripe for exploitation. The beautiful and open-minded Marmion Aigemeine is soon won over, but ambitious Matthew Luzon is a tougher opponent. He uncovers some dissenting residents - they have been subverted by cruel pirates, so it emerges, and cut off from communing with the planetary consciousness. Another Luzon ally, unwashed religious fanatic Shepherd Howling, knows the planet is sentient but believes it to be a ravening monster. All the important characters from volume one reappear, not to mention the intelligent big cats who carry messages for the natives. Another charming, fully realized, well-rounded effort, the sole drawback being the ending with its disappointing similarity to the original Powers. (Kirkus Reviews)

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