â[Anne] McCaffreyâs world of the Talented is as vivid as that of Pern and its dragons.ââPublishers Weekly
Earth has reached its darkest moment. In subterranean warrens, the poor eke out precarious lives where jobs are scarce and children are sold for laborâwhile on the surface, a privileged few enjoy lives of luxury. As the population surges and unrest spreads, a disaster of epic proportions seems inescapable. The only hope: a platform under construction in space from which starships will be launched to colonize distant planets. But the project is critically behind schedule.
In the midst of the chaos, Rhyssa Owen and her fellow Talentsâtelepaths who read minds, kinetics who manipulate matter, and precogs to whom the future is an open bookâstruggle to survive. Then two children are discovered whose extraordinary psychic gifts have the potential to avert the looming catastropheâor hasten its ominous arrival. . . .
â[Anne] McCaffreyâs world of the Talented is as vivid as that of Pern and its dragons.ââPublishers Weekly
Earth has reached its darkest moment. In subterranean warrens, the poor eke out precarious lives where jobs are scarce and children are sold for laborâwhile on the surface, a privileged few enjoy lives of luxury. As the population surges and unrest spreads, a disaster of epic proportions seems inescapable. The only hope: a platform under construction in space from which starships will be launched to colonize distant planets. But the project is critically behind schedule.
In the midst of the chaos, Rhyssa Owen and her fellow Talentsâtelepaths who read minds, kinetics who manipulate matter, and precogs to whom the future is an open bookâstruggle to survive. Then two children are discovered whose extraordinary psychic gifts have the potential to avert the looming catastropheâor hasten its ominous arrival. . . .