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Alternate Universe Authors and Their Books - by dalelynn21

A Winged Horse in Flight

September 29th 2006 03:26
Ann McCaffrey carries on her story of the Talented in this sequel continuing the story started in To Ride Pegasus. This story begins many years after the Talented first discovered the Goosegg that proved the existence of telepathy and other powers of the mind. Dorotea, that baby gifted with the ability to determine if applicants actually had Talent, is a grandmother. Rhyssa Owen is the head of the Eastern Paraspychic Center.

Peter Reidinger is a young man with a lot of Talent. Paralized by the fall of a wall, Peter is able to tap into the hospital's generators to make midnight journeys to the grounds of the Center, not physically, but mentally. The talents find him and Dorotea takes him into her home. He quickly learns to use generators to move and do most things that require movement. He just has a tendency to float above the floor instead of standing on it



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To Ride a Winged Horse - Ann McCaffrey

September 16th 2006 23:29
To Ride Pegasus by Ann McCaffrey consists of short stories written over several years all dealing with the Talents. Talents are people with extra abilities.

The book starts with Henry Darrow, astrologer and precognitive, involved in an accident that he should have forseen. While in the hospital, a new brainwave machine was used to monitor Henry. Molly, a healer and nurse, realizes there's something different with Henry's strip from the machine. With this machine they could prove the existance of extra abilities that most people scoffed at


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