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Title: Deluge: Book Three of The Twins of Petaybee
ISBN: 0345470060
Author:
Anne Mccaffrey
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Publicate Date: 2008-03-11
Publish: 2008-03-11
List Price: $24.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: A Grand Conclusion
Deluge (2008) is the third SF novel in the Twins of Petaybee trilogy, following Maelstrom. In the previous volume, Marmion de Revers Algemeine was arrested onboard the Piaf by Colonel Cally and two Federation Council representatives. All on the ship were taken to the Gwinnett Incarceration Colony.
Intergal Company troops were also sent to Petaybee to arrest the Shongilis. However, the communications officer on the Piaf left a channel open and the Intergal plans were broadcast to Petaybee. The copter on Petaybee picked up enough of the signal to realize the situation and to warn the Kilcoole villagers.
In this novel, Marmie and her companion (and First Officer) Adrienne Robineau are offloaded at the prison. Zuzu -- Adrienne's cat -- has been hiding from the troopers, but follows her mistress as she debarks from the ship. When the humans are placed in cells within the prison, Zuzu slinks through the crawl spaces, ratholes and other minor ways within the cellblock and locates Adrienne and Marmie.
On Petaybee, Murel, Ronan and Sky Otter hitch a ride in the Deep Sea Otter city/ship to Versailles Station. They infiltrate into the station with the Deep Sea Otter's transport beam and hide in Marmie's suite, but find her already gone. They observe the InterGal Company Corpsmen rounding up the residents and soon found themselves among the station children. The Intergal troopers ship everybody on the station to the Gwinnett prison colony.
Meanwhile, Company Corps troops are raiding Kilcoole. Naturally, they find nobody left in the village. While they are searching the village, snow begins to fall and the temperature drops. So they settle down in the town meeting hall to keep warm.
In this story, Yana discovers that the Company Corpsmen are onplanet and that her husband and children are gone. She and a few others capture the troopers in the village. Then Sean returns with the news that Murel and Ronan have gone offplanet.
Then Yana leads a raid against the Intergal ship and finesses the rest of the Company Corpsmen off it so that the villagers can capture them. Yana and a few others take the Intergal troop transport and follow Murel and Ronan. Once they are outside the interference of Petaybee, they send messages to Marmie's friends in the Intergal Corporation and the Federation Council telling of the illegal arrests and other illicit activities.
The adult captives from Versailles Station are locked up within the prison facility, but the children are carried across the sea to an island. Sky Otter follows the adults and joins with Zuzu. Together they help to free Marmie and Adrienne.
Murel and Ronan scout the ocean around the island and discover several interesting bits of information. There is little life in the sea other than fish, but giant squid live in the deeps. Then the Deep Sea Otters show up on the planet.
This tale concludes the trilogy. The various storylines are brought together in this volume. Yet there may be more to come. Enjoy!
Highly recommended for McCaffrey & Scarborough fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of interstellar civilizations, shapeshifters and daring youngsters.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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2: Another winner!
This duo of authors writes a good book! I can only wish they continue. Make sure you read the Powers That Be trilogy and then the Twins of Petaybee trilogy so that you get the full story.
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3: Great book
Enjoyed the book very much. You need to read the 1st and 2nd book first the really understand everything.
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4: Deluge: Book Three of The Twins of Petaybee (
This is a fun and exciting conclussion to the series. The Ladies work so well together and write tight characters with sharp plot line.
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5: Disappointed
The Petaybee books were my favorite Anne McCaffrey series, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is a great writer too. I was really looking forward to this book...and it fell flat.
The second book (Maelstorm) didn't have a tidy finish, instead promising much for the next one. Which is fine, as long as it can deliver. But it didn't. Deluge has a two-part climax: the first is deus-ex-machina and over almost before you've realized it's starting, and relies on incredible coincidences. The second is a fake-out. It's basically "But there's another problem...never mind." And is solved in an abbreviated, over-used, and, as presented, completely unbelievable way.
And then the book's over, and I'm left wondering what went wrong.
Still, if I hadn't been expecting so much, it would probably have been more enjoyable. I loved the cat.
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