Catalyst: A Tale of the Barque Cats

From the team of Anne McCaffrey (author of Dragonriders of Pern series) and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough comes a thrilling new science fiction tale featuring telepathic cats which are invaluable to the spacefarers who own them. Thomasa (TM)s Duchess a " or Chessie, to those who love and depend on her services a " is no ordinary cat. Shea (TM)s a purebred Barque Cat, trained to patrol the ship on which she serves, sniffing out oxygen leaks and spotting other problems. But when a corrupt government announces it has found an epidemic that requires the impounding and possible destruction of animals cross the galaxy a " Barque Cats included a " two young people, a kitten, and a mysterious, powerful cat with a hidden agenda are all that stand between the galaxya (TM)s animals and total destructiona ]