Stephanie Harrington absolutely hates being confined inside her family's compound on the pioneer planet of Sphinx, a frontier wilderness world populated by dangerous native animals that could easily tear a human to bits and pieces. Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries—and the biggest discovery of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species.
Treecats are creatures that resemble a cross between a bobcat and a lemur (but with six legs and much more deadly claws). Not only are they fully sentient, they are also telepathic, and able to bond with certain gifted humans such as the genetically-enhanced Stephanie. But Stephanie's find, and her first-of-its-kind bond with a treecat, brings on a new torrent of danger. An assortment of highly placed enemies with galactic-sized wealth at stake is determined to make sure that the planet of Sphinx remains entirely in human hands—even if this means the extermination of another thinking species.
The first entry in a new teen series and the origin saga for the incredibly popular, multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling Honor Harrington adult science fiction adventures. Young Stephanie Harrington is none other than the founder of a pioneering family dynasty that is destined to lead the fight for humanity's freedom in a dangerous galaxy.
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Lexile Score: 1140
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Great introduction to treecats and for YA readersGreat read for adults and kids. Shared it with my teenager to try and get him involved in the Honorverse, and I think it worked great. Adults will read for expanding their understanding of treecats, and for all the fun cameos in the book of real life people.
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Product ReviewIt was fine, but I think you wouldn't really lose anything if you just read the short story in More than Honor. He drew the same story out to a full-length book without really adding anything interesting. (The stuff he did add was just ok; too stereotypically evil and shallow for my taste, but maybe that's because I'm quite a bit older than the target audience. Evil characters tend to be rather shallowly drawn in Weber's novels anyway, and the good characters are sometimes too simperingly good.)
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Product ReviewI would have preferred to see the Fisher/The Stray stories woven in rather than referenced - I think it would have made for a smoother book.
Overall, however, this is an excellent story and well told; far better than the general run of YA.Posted on