Pegasus in Flight
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Pegasus in Flight is a 1990 novel by Anne McCaffrey. It is the sequel to To Ride Pegasus, and is set in the same universe as The Rowan series.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Pegasus in Flight tells the story of the Talents, a group of powerful psychics whose abilities have become vital to the Earth's economy. Unfortunately, the same abilities that make them so valued, also make them targets of exploitation; and the world's most ambitious project, the Padrugoi space station, requires the Talents to make great sacrifices for the good of the entire planet.
This novel introduces several characters:
- Rhyssa Owen: Head of the Parapsychic Center, a powerful telepath who will stop at nothing to protect her people's rights
- Boris Roznine: Chief of the LEO (Law Enforcement and Order) organization, a by-the-book cop and skilled telepath as well.
- Sascha Roznine: Boris' twin, he shares a strong mental link with his brother-- but their loyalties sometimes conflict
- Tirla: Illegal street-child and expert survivor, Tirla uses her hidden Talent for communication to make herself useful to the criminals who run the Linears-- the overcrowded housing projects of the mega-city of Jerhattan
- Peter Reidinger: A teenage boy trapped in a paralyzed body, but with the most powerful mental abilities on Earth
- Ponsit Prosit: A self-proclaimed "reverend" and con artist who uses religion to stir up the masses for his own gain- and hides a dark secret
- Ludmilla Barchenka: Fanatical head of the Padrugoi project, she sees all people --Talent or otherwise-- as resources to be used up and cast aside
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To Ride Pegasus | Pegasus in Flight | Pegasus in Space |
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