FREE: Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

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Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Hardback, Very Good condition

Genre: Science Fiction

Pilot, navigator, engineer, doctor, scientist - ship's cat? All are essential to the well-staffed space vessel. Since the early days of interstellar travel, Barque Cats have been highly prized crew members.

Thomas's progeny, ably assisted by humans - Cat Persons - with whom they share a deep and loving bond, now travel the galaxy, responsible for keeping spacecraft free of vermin, for alerting human crews to 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 the unthinkable happens. Chessie is kidnapped -- er, catnapped -- from Dr. Jared Vlast's vet clinic at Hood Station by a grizzled spacer named Carl Poindexter. But 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 Carl'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.

With the clock racing against them, Janina, Jubal, Dr. Vlast, and a handful of special kittens will join forces with the mysterious Pshaw-Ra - an alien-looking cat with a hidden agenda - to save the Barque Cats, other animals and the universe as they know it from total destruction.

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