Maelstrom: Book Two of The Twins of Petaybee-Fast Shipping

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In Changelings, bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarboroughreturned to the sentient planet Petaybee with a story of growth and transformationin the face of deadly new threats. The telepathic, shapeshifting twins Murel andRonan found that Petaybee had plans for them as well. Now those plans begin to bearfruit with fresh possibilities . . . and dangers.

Now that Petaybee isforming a new equatorial island, the planet has agreed to harbor a group of new refugees,workers indentured to the powerful InterGal Corporation. But the mission to collectthe immigrants becomes a rescue operation when it is revealed that InterGal is doingnothing to help these survivors of a world devastated by a meteor shower. Murel andRonan set out to persuade the frightened refugees to come out of hiding, leave theirworld, and bring along their sacred totem animals, the gifted sea turtles calledthe Honus. But the twins discover that they’ve taken on more than they expected:The Honus are not the only animals sacred to the refugees. There are also the Manos,intelligent sharks who have lost none of their predatory habits–and who cannot beleft behind to die.

When the Manos are released into Petaybee’s waters, a tragicmisunderstanding endangers the whole resettlement operation. At the same time, themysterious sea otters who once rescued the twins’ father are suddenly revealed tobe much more than they appear to be.

Now it is up to Ronan and Murel, with the intrepidassistance of their river otter friend Sky, to smooth the waters before a maelstromof revenge destroys Petaybee’s harmonious way of life.

But even as the twins uncoverstartling new facts about Petaybee’s past that will change everything they thoughtthey knew about the planet, the forces of InterGal are gathering, preparing to strike.. . .