Maelstrom, Anne McCaffrey
Maelstrom, Anne McCaffrey
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Maelstrom

Author: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Narrator: Robert Ramirez

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/26/2007

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Anne McCaffrey, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, co-writes this sequel to the popular first Twins of Petaybee book, Changelings with fellow Nebula Award winner Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. As the series continues, Maelstrom follows Murel and Ronan Shongili-telepathic 10-year-old twins who have the special ability to turn into river seals. Murel and Ronan have been assigned with rescuing the inhabitants of neighboring planet Halau from their doomed and environmentally unsound home. But when they arrive at Halau, they find the planet even further destroyed by an unexpected meteor. Their rescue mission is made more dangerous by the discovery of an evil aquatic alien race and the suspicious arrest of their friend Marmion. Murel and Ronan are determined to defeat the Powers That Be and save all the inhabitants of Halau, no matter what the cost. Maelstrom's unexpected twists and turns are expertly narrated by Robert Ramirez. "A cliffhanger ending, ecological lessons, anthropomorphic animals and simplistic good vs. evil morality ..."-Publishers Weekly

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

I enjoyed the story and the writing; however, I was not a fan of the cover image. One look at it will make the reason why obvious. EDIT: Oh, the wonder of eBooks; making the cover smaller and less noticeable!......more

Goodreads review by Katy

I'm not quite sure how Ronan and Mural can get through the day without having yet another adventure, or crises, but that's what we get in this book two of the Twins of Petaybee. It starts off with Marmion, and the captain of her ship, Johnny, taking the twins, Ke-ola, and their otter friend, Sky, off......more

I'll be honest and say I'm now getting a bit tired of Petaybee and these damned precocious twins! The bit I really liked about the first trilogy (the whole sentient planet thing) barely registers in this book and instead we have alien/ancients to deal with. Not to mention shipping some sharks across......more