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Powers that be / Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCaffrey, Anne.
- Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann, author.
- Series:
- Del Rey book
- A Del Rey book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genetic engineering--Fiction.
- Genetic engineering.
- Arctic peoples.
- Arctic peoples--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, 1993.
- Summary:
- A dazzling collaboration by two award-winning SF talents. Strange things were happening on the icy planet called Petaybee. Unauthorized genetically engineered species had been spotted, while some people were simply disappearing. None of the locals were talking to the company, so the company sent disabled combat veteran Yanaba Maddock to spy. But a strange thing happened. With her relocation to the arctic planet came a return of Yana's health and strength. And the more she got to know the people of Petaybee, the more determined she became to protect her new home ...
- Notes:
- Cover art: Rowena.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 26525
- ISBN:
- 0345381734
- 9780345381736
- OCLC:
- 29837889
- Publisher Number:
- 02307 Science Fiction Book Club
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