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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 1, 2001
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613072113
ISBN-10
0613072111
Dimensions
1 by 4 by 7 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$17.20
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Rhyssa Owen, a woman possessing telepathic power and in charge of assigning jobs to similarly gifted people known as Talents, must reassess her opinion of her people when two Talented children display unique abilities
Amazon.com description: Product Description: As director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen coordinated the job assignments for psychically gifted Talents. And though she had her hands full dealing with the unreasonable demand for kinetics to work on the space platform that would be humankind's stepping-stone to the stars, she was always ready to welcome new Talents to the Center.
Feisty and streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.
With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual -- and unexpected -- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...
From the Paperback edition.
Feisty and streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.
With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual -- and unexpected -- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...
From the Paperback edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Marisa Del-Re (October 1, 1990)
9780345368966 | details & prices | List price $19.95
About: In the continuing story of the Talented, telepath Rhyssa Owen questions all she thought she knew about her people when a new man enters her life
About: In the continuing story of the Talented, telepath Rhyssa Owen questions all she thought she knew about her people when a new man enters her life
Paperback
Reprint edition from Del Rey (November 1, 1991)
9780345368973 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Rhyssa Owen, a woman possessing telepathic power and in charge of assigning jobs to similarly gifted people known as Talents, must reassess her opinion of her people when two Talented children display unique abilities
About: Rhyssa Owen, a woman possessing telepathic power and in charge of assigning jobs to similarly gifted people known as Talents, must reassess her opinion of her people when two Talented children display unique abilities
Reinforced
With Anne McCaffrey |
from Demco Media (December 1, 1994)
9780606012294 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.20
About: In the continuing story of the Talented, telepath Rhyssa Owen questions all she thought she knew about her people when a new man enters her life
About: In the continuing story of the Talented, telepath Rhyssa Owen questions all she thought she knew about her people when a new man enters her life
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 2001)
9780613072113 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $17.20
About: Rhyssa Owen, a woman possessing telepathic power and in charge of assigning jobs to similarly gifted people known as Talents, must reassess her opinion of her people when two Talented children display unique abilities
About: Rhyssa Owen, a woman possessing telepathic power and in charge of assigning jobs to similarly gifted people known as Talents, must reassess her opinion of her people when two Talented children display unique abilities
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