Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough have co-written a quite a few books together. This one is an expansion tale of the Barque Cats. Telepathic cats that service space ships essentially.
This particular tale is told about Chessie - valuable crew member aboard the Dolly Maise, Chessie is a rare cat. Fine breeding, close bond with her Cat Person and a fine queen breeder, she is valued for more than this. But Chessie is catnapped before her latest litter is born. To make matters worse there is something going through the animal community that while it doesn't make them sick, it is showing signs of an odd side effect. What happen to Chessie and her kittens?
This is a short read and a bit of an interesting read but for a co-write between these two, it fell short for me. Which surprised me. I adore cats (having 2 myself) and I adore the 2 authors. I liked reading about Chessie's spunky kitten, Chester. But the rest of it just I dunno what it was, but it just wasn't as enjoyable.
There is a second book - Catacombs - that picks up where this book leaves off and I will pick that up as well. Here's hoping it's a little better...
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