The Tower And The Hive
(The Tower and the Hive: book 5): utterly unputdownable and unmissable epic fantasy from one of the most influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation
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4.3 • 19 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, open your mind to new worlds and new concepts: alien nations, psychic powers, telepathy and planetary systems. Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams.
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way to the end' -- ***** Reader review
'Truly amazing' -- ***** Reader review
'Simply awesome' -- ***** Reader review
'A great story from a great storyteller' -- ***** Reader review
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The children of Damia and Afra Lyon are taking up new and demanding responsibilities - trying to discover the whereabouts of all the Hiver-occupied worlds...
For the Hivers are still a terrible threat and can bring total annihilation to both humans and their furry allies, the Mrdini, unless the remaining Hiver Queens can be prevented from further colonization.
And a startling additional problem has arisen with the Mrdini. No longer dying as drastically as they once had in their ceaseless struggle against the Hivers, they face a serious population explosion and need the help of the Medical Prime Zara Lyon...
The gripping conclusion to an epic series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Heres a happy ending to McCaffreys futuristic Rowan (aka the Talent) series (Lyons Pride, etc.), as Humans, their allies, the Mrdini, and the insectoid Hivers, who menace both, find ways to coexist. The main heroes are the Talented members of Federation Teleport and Telepath, dominated by the family that began the organization, but increasingly including different blood lines. McCaffrey provides an introduction, What Has Gone On Before, but its nearly as confusing as it is helpful. Fortunately, the narrative offers bountiful explanations of salient events and relationships, so all becomes clear as the story progresses. Few surprises are on hand, but the relationships among the parapsychically gifted Humans at FT&T are particularly well drawn, including the romantic subplots. Indeed, procreation is key, as readers follow the family dynasty of FT&T, the search for a solution to Mrdini overpopulation and the link between the Hivers queens and their spread to new worlds. The novel lacks the profound imagination of alien minds thats a hallmark of much recent SF, but it also avoids the kill-the-bugs outlook of such SF as Starship Troopers. Readers looking for intelligent, heroic adventure will find it here, and Rowan fans will be especially pleased at this felicitous closing of a popular SF series.
