or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
Powers That be
 
See larger image 
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Powers That be (Paperback)

by Anne McCaffrey (Author), Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Price: £9.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
Pre-order Price Guarantee. Learn more.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
This title has not yet been released.
You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (hardcover) 27 used & new from £0.01
Paperback (New edition) £8.99 £8.09 24 used & new from £0.01
Mass Market Paperback (Reprint) 34 used & new from £0.01
Library Binding 2 used & new from £22.84
Audio Cassette 2 used & new from £5.00
Unbound Order it used

Special Offers and Product Promotions

  • Pre-order Price Guarantee: order now and if the Amazon.co.uk price decreases between the time you place your order and the release date, you'll be charged the lowest price. Here's how (terms and conditions apply)

Frequently Bought Together

Powers That be + Power Lines + Power Play
Total RRP: £25.97
Price For All Three: £25.27

Some of these items are dispatched sooner than the others. Show details

  • This item: Powers That be by Anne McCaffrey

    This title has not yet been released.
    You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Power Lines by Anne McCaffrey

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Power Play by Anne McCaffrey

    Usually dispatched within 3 to 4 weeks.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Power Lines

Power Lines

by Anne McCaffrey
4.7 out of 5 stars (3)  £8.99
Power Play

Power Play

by Anne McCaffrey
4.3 out of 5 stars (3)  £6.29
Maelstrom (Twins of Petaybee)

Maelstrom (Twins of Petaybee)

by Anne McCaffrey
2.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £5.99
Changelings (Twins of Petaybee)

Changelings (Twins of Petaybee)

by Anne McCaffrey
3.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £5.99
Deluge: Twins of Petaybee

Deluge: Twins of Petaybee

by Anne McCaffrey
3.8 out of 5 stars (6)  £5.49
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Books (28 Feb 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0552162000
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552162005
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,111,529 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #66 in  Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > S > Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

It was a world of ice and snow - a planet that just supported life and that had been terraformed from frozen uninhabitable rock. The people of Petaybee were hardy, self-reliant, friendly - and also very secretive. Major Yana Maddock, medically discharged from the service, was shipped to Petaybee in the hope that her burnt-out lungs might just recover in the icy air. And at the last moment, she was given a special commission.Unauthorized life-forms had been seen on the planet and, more seriously, geologic survey teams had vanished into nowhere, the odd survivor being discovered abandoned and insane.It was Yana's task to infiltrate Petaybee society and find out who - or what - was causing the eerie events on the planet. She discovered a primitive ice-bound community of extraordinary people - people who possessed some mysterious quality of surviving - and people who Yana discovered she both liked and revered as she found herself becoming one of them.

About the Author

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo award winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. She lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland. Visit the author's website at www.annemccaffrey.net Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, winner of the Nebula Award for her novel The Healer's War, is the author of numerous fantasy novels. She has co-authored eight other novels with Anne McCaffrey. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(6)
(5)
(3)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Powers That be
76% buy the item featured on this page:
Powers That be 3.7 out of 5 stars (3)
£9.99
Dragonheart: A New Tale of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern 5)
8% buy
Dragonheart: A New Tale of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern 5) 3.8 out of 5 stars (12)
£5.30
To Ride Pegasus
6% buy
To Ride Pegasus 4.0 out of 5 stars (4)
£8.99
Lyon's Pride (Tower & the Hive)
6% buy
Lyon's Pride (Tower & the Hive) 4.4 out of 5 stars (5)
£4.69
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

3 Reviews
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Powers that Be, 27 July 2002
This review is from: Powers That Be (Hardcover)
A compelling world, good characters - including the animals
and a good story. Its an artic world with a difference.
Husky dog teams, cold weather and hot springs. The local
inhabitants are under pressure from the military and our
heroine Yanaba Maddoc gets involved.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! Anne McCaffrey does it again., 16 Sep 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Powers That be (Paperback)
I'm a huge McCaffrey fan, and this start to the Petaybe trio is just as good as the dragon books! A great buy, the others in this series are nearly as good, and round the story of Yana and the people and planet of Petaybe off really well. I have read this book dozens of times since I bought it, and it's just as good every time!
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
2.0 out of 5 stars Bland & unconvincing, 11 April 2008
By J "chasingshadows" (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   
This review is from: Powers That be (Paperback)
I wanted to enjoy this book. I bought the whole trilogy before even reading this first story purely on the pedigree of its authors. I was expecting to be as engrossed as I had been by the `Catteni Sequence' by Anne McCaffrey, or one of the handful of short stories I'd previously sampled by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough. But while there are positive attributes, which I'll go into later, sadly `Powers That Be' makes for a surprisingly shallow and disappointing read and one that I'm surprised has spawned so many sequels.

I expected that the pooling of the talents of these two highly regarded fantasy writers would result in an enthralling and original space-faring epic, but while the planet of Petaybee can be described as exhibiting life-signs, none of the characters, or indeed the linear plot offer anything beyond a lifeless experience for the reader. The central protagonist is the prime example- Yabana `Yana' Maddock is totally unappealing. Her skills as an investigator (the reason for which her superiors ordered her to settle on Petaybee) are laughably non-existent and her suspicion of the residents of the planet dissipates in a very unconvincingly short space of time. There's also no depth to any of the characters beyond what takes place within the narrow confines of the plot and because they're awarded so little back-story it's very difficult to empathise with of them.

I would say, however that this story is worth reading for the solid prose alone, especially if you're a fan of either contributor whose eager to read something, anything by one of these successful authors. But be aware that with such astonishingly two-dimensional characters and an undeniably tepid plot, it's not a novel to become so enthused over that you rush to read the next installment.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject






i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.