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Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Talent Universe |
Release number | 3 |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | April 2000 |
Media type | |
Pages | 373 |
ISBN | 0345434668 |
OCLC | 42692141 |
Preceded by | Pegasus in Flight |
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This novel serves as a bridge between the Pegasus and the Tower and Hive books, two Talents sub-series. [1] It establishes Peter Reidinger as the first Prime and shows the origins of the Tower system of teleporters seen in The Rowan and its sequels.
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