About this title: Retired due to lung damage incurred in the line of duty, Major Yanaba Maddock is asked to spy on her new friends and neighbors on a planet hiding many secrets.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780345381736ISBN:0345381734
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 311 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345387790ISBN:0345387791
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with lightly browned pages. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear with a 1/2 inch tear on the back fore edge. The spine has a few creases. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345387790ISBN:0345387791
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Book in very good condition no tears folds or markings CRT-36. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Ex library. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Very Good. 0345387791 A GOOD LOOKING mass market paperback book! ! Some creasing of the spine & minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy of a good book! read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780345381736ISBN:0345381734
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Pages are in nearly new condition. DJ has been covered with Plastic Wrap. Book Club Edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 311 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345387790ISBN:0345387791
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Wear to edges of soft cover. Paage taning from age. Fold lines to spine from reading. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345387790ISBN:0345387791
Description: Good. 0345387791 light spine creasing, edge wear; 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 ... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780345387790ISBN:0345387791
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Read once, with normal creases to book spine. Different cover than shown. Daily Shipping. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 374 p. Audience: General/trade. Topics English fiction; Fantasy; Fiction; General; Genetic engineering; Science Fiction; United States read more
"Starts out strong with an enjoyable protagonist and interesting setting. But narrowly written "villians" and their illogical reaction ruin it for me. Then add singing. Not McCaffrey's best work."
"This is my favorite in the trilogy and, looking back on it, probably was a big influence on my own writing. I think this was likely one of the first books I read that looked at things from an anthropological viewpoint, showing me the reader how to look at a world as an outsider.
I read the book at a time when I was very into all things green - and as such, and being younger, the heavy-handedness of the preservation message didn't quite register as such. I read the book, agreed with the message, and moved on. Yet when I reread the book recently, I did find myself thinking that the authors could have eased up a bit, still gotten their message across, and had a better book for it.
I would definitely recommend this book to young adults: it does provide a few powerful messages, and it's an interesting story. By later in the series however, I started to get a bit bored with what was going on... so you may just want to stop after book one."
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