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    The Tower and the Hive
    The Tower and the Hive
    The Tower and the Hive
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Tower and the Hive

    Written by Anne McCaffrey

    Narrated by Susan Ericksen

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    A LEGENDARY FAMILY

    For generations, the descendants of the powerful telepath known as The Rowan have used their talents to benefit humanity. As human civilization reached out to colonize the stars, the family led Earth to ally itself with the peaceful alien Mrdini. Together, the two races have held back the predatory Hivers, who once decimated entire worlds.

    THE NEW ORDER

    But there are factions on Earth who resent the power the family has accumulated. Now, with their goals of peace and prosperity so close at hand, The Rowan's descendants face the looming destruction of all they have suffered to achieve...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 25, 2007
    ISBN9781423330356
    The Tower and the Hive
    Author

    Anne McCaffrey

    Anne McCaffrey, a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, was one of the world's most beloved and bestselling science fiction and fantasy writers. She is known for her hugely successful Dragonriders of Pern books, as well as the fantasy series that she cowrote with Elizabeth A. Scarborough that began with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.

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