Catalyst, Anne McCaffrey
Catalyst, Anne McCaffrey
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Catalyst
A Tale of the Barque Cats

Author: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/05/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Since the early days of interstellar travel, Barque Cats have been highly prized crew members, responsible for keeping spacecraft free of vermin, for alerting human crews to potential environmental hazards, and for acting as morale officers. Even among Barque Cats, Chessie is something special. Her pedigree, skills, and intelligence, as well as the close rapport she has with her human, Janina, make her the most valuable crew member aboard the Molly Daise. And the litter of kittens in her belly only adds to her value. Then Chessie is kidnapped—er, catnapped—from Dr. Jared Vlast’s vet clinic at Hood Station. And Chessie’s newborn kittens turn out to be even more extraordinary than their mother. For while Chessie’s connection to Janina is close and intuitive, the bond that the kitten Chester forms with the kidnapper’s son, Jubal, is downright telepathic. And when Chester is sent into space to learn his trade, neither he nor Jubal will rest until they’re reunited. But the announcement of a widespread epidemic affecting livestock on numerous planets throws the future into doubt. Suddenly the galactic government announces a plan to impound and possibly destroy all exposed animals. Not even the Barque Cats will be spared. With the clock racing against them, Janina, Jubal, Dr. Vlast, and a handful of very special kittens will join to save the Barque Cats, other animals, and quite possibly the universe as they know it from total destruction.

About Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction’s most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jerry

McCaffrey and Scarborough, both cat lovers, have created a vision of the future that shows that, no matter the advances in technology, both human and feline nature will remain the same until the end of time. Animal lovers and/or Anne McCaffrey fans will definitely like this one.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This story has all of the things you could want in a great science fiction tale: a complicated storyline, characters you actually like, danger threatening the galaxy and a bunch of furry friends, in this case cats. And make no mistake: the cats in here are main characters who actually communicate wi......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

Not their best book. More YA than adult. Cats patrol spaceships, killing rodents, insects,and searching for air or gas leaks. Eating iridescent beetles makes some cats able to telepathically bond with humans. Some cats are of higher pedigree, the Barque cats, and their kittens are expensive. A pregn......more

Goodreads review by BellaGBear

A book about cats in space. I am actually were amazed that this one is not deemed a childrens book because of the theme. This book is basically about the love of cats people have, especially when the cats are usefull for pest control and such (a bit like the old-fashioned ship cats, but in space). A......more

Goodreads review by Darlene

While perusing my local library system's site of ebooks and audios I saw the second book in this series by one of my favorite authors, Anne McCaffrey. Well, I hate starting in the middle of a series so I bought the first one and the Audible version to go with it. If you love cats and space travel adv......more

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