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.
In another part of the city another young talent is living hand to mouth, using her talent to keep herself fed and out of the hands of the criminal element. Her talent is languages. She can understand and speak any language after she hears a few words of the new language. She also ends up in Dorotea's home.
The world is so crowded that the authorities are trying to build a very large space station as the first step to reaching the stars. The woman in charge of the station is arrogant, dishonest, and generally impossible to work with. She forces the talents into space without the proper shields for their quarters, but the talents are needed up there to prevent so many deaths among the laborers on the space station. There is also the problem of getting supplies up to the station on time, which the talents are able to solve.
Another book that I've read many times and want to read again.
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.
In another part of the city another young talent is living hand to mouth, using her talent to keep herself fed and out of the hands of the criminal element. Her talent is languages. She can understand and speak any language after she hears a few words of the new language. She also ends up in Dorotea's home.
The world is so crowded that the authorities are trying to build a very large space station as the first step to reaching the stars. The woman in charge of the station is arrogant, dishonest, and generally impossible to work with. She forces the talents into space without the proper shields for their quarters, but the talents are needed up there to prevent so many deaths among the laborers on the space station. There is also the problem of getting supplies up to the station on time, which the talents are able to solve.
Another book that I've read many times and want to read again.
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