Synopses & Reviews
On the ice planet of Nevya, people rely on Cantors and Cantrixes, men and women with the ability to channel psi energy through music, creating heat and light. Mreen is possibly the most talented Cantrix on Nevyabut she is unable to make a sound. She is accompanied to her first posting by a younger Singer, Emle, who must come to terms with her own flawed Gift. When the two young women find out about Gwin, a young girl whose abusive stepfather wants to exploit her psi-Gift talents, they find that in reaching out to her, they can also help themselves.
Review
SF with a fantasy feel very much in the style of Anne McCaffrey . . . Involving. (Locus)
Review
All that timeless magic and wisdom is just as powerful in Marleys latestan instant classic. (Paul Goat Allen, Explorations)
Synopsis
Gifted with the ability to channel psi energy and light to create a warm environment for the "ice planet" of Nevya, Mreen, known as a Singer, is unable to speak aloud and must join forces with her interpreter Emle when a young Singer's psi-Gift talents are exploited by her abusive stepfather. Reprint.
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SF with a fantasy feel very much in the style of Anne McCaffrey . . . Involving. (Locus)All that timeless magic and wisdom is just as powerful in Marleys latestan instant classic. (Paul Goat Allen, Explorations)