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; illustrated by Jon Goodell EDITORIAL REVIEW: CATI, THE BOLD Watcher readers met in *The Navigator*, returns from the shadows of time to summon Owen and Dr. Diamond, for time is literally running out. The moon is coming closer to the earth, causing havoc with weather, tides, and other natural cycles; people fear the world will end. To discover what’s gone wrong, Cati, Owen, and the Doctor must take an astonishing journey to the City of Time, where time is bought and sold. There, Owen begins to understand his great responsibility and power as the Navigator.<

SUMMARY: "A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."LOCUSWhen Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life...and gradual loss of memory. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart still remembered what her mind had forgotten. Fortunately, someone still cared enough to try to salvage what was left of Killashandra's mind. But she would have to learn to open herself--to another person, and to all her unpleasant memories.<

SUMMARY: Her name was Killashandra Ree. And after ten grueling years of musical training, she was still without prospects. Until she heard of the mysterious Heptite Guild who could provide careers, security, and wealth beyond imagining. The problem was, few people who landed on Ballybran ever left. But to Killashandra the risks were acceptable....<

When a competing candlemaker comes to town, Harrison Black tries his best to get along, but when the woman threatens to run him out of town at the Founder's Day celebration, Harrison argues with her. A few minutes later she is murdered, and someone in the crowd points her finger at Harrison as the killer!<

SUMMARY: After the first human contact with the Siwannese ended in a mass suicide, the Terran government made a law that no further contact with sentient aliens would be allowed. But since their own planet was overcrowed, they looked to colonize Doona--until they found the Hrubbans. Their choice was simple but dangerous. They could kill the cat-like Hrubbans, or for the first time in history, learn to to coexist with an alien race....<

En 2204, la tragedia y el terror obligan a un equipo científico a evacuar de forma precipitada Maleiva III. Veintiún años más tarde, la oportunidad de estudiar esta rareza galáctica, un planeta que alberga vida, está a punto de desaparecer para siempre, ya que un gigante de gas fuera de control ha invadido el sistema planetario en un letal rumbo de colisión que se dirige hacia el mundo que ahora llaman Deepsix.'Hutch' Hutchings, piloto de naves superluminares de la Academia de Ciencias, es la única persona con una mínima preparación a varios años luz del planeta. Con menos de tres semanas para el desastre, ella y un pequeño equipo de científico (que incluye a uno de los supervivientes de la expedición original y cabeza de turco de aquel fracaso) deben descender a la superficie y averiguar cuanto puedan sobre las formas de vida y sus civilizaciones perdidas. Pero Deepsix esconde mucho más de lo que se ve a simple vista...Con los personajes comunes y la misma ambientación de 'Máquinas de Dios', el autor nos trae la aventura de supervivencia definitiva, un relato sorprendente, emocionante y terriblemente real, que nos demuestra lo mejor y lo peor de la compleja naturaleza humana. Se trata de un nuevo acierto de McDevitt, que demuestra más allá de toda duda ser el auténtico heredero de Asimov y de Arthur C. Clarke.<