In *Catalyst,* award-winning authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough introduced readers to the beguiling Barque Cats: spacefaring felines who serve aboard starships as full-fledged members of the crew. Highly evolved, the cats share an almost telepathic bond with their minders, or Cat P
Catacombs: A Tale of the Barque Cats
- Publisher
- Del Rey; Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 B
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0345524780
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β¦ Synopsis
The spacefaring Barque Cats are valued members of every vesselβs crew, thanks to their special bond with humans. Then Pshaw-Ra, a mysterious cat with highly advanced knowledge, gives the felines the power of telepathy. When panic over a virulent plague drives the government to exterminate animals, Pshaw-Ra guides the cats and humans of the starshipRanzoto safety on his home planet, Mau. But Pshaw-Ra has a hidden agenda. His ultimate goal? Mate the Barque Cats with their godlike counterparts who rule on Mau and create a superior race to conquer the universe. His plans, however, may be doomed by his daughtersβ battle royal to become queen, by a suspicious Barque Cat with an equally curious human friendβand by something stirring deep beneath the city with a hunger to devour all life . . . and an undying hatred for cats.
β¦ Subjects
Space
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