

And they are also very, very deadly when they or their friends are threatened. The forest-dwelling treecats are small, cute, smart, and have a pronounced taste for celery.

Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries, and the biggest one of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species. But Sphinx is a far more dangerous place than ultra-civilized Meyerdahl, and Stephanie’s explorations come to a sudden halt when her parents lay down the law: no trips into the bush without adult supervision! It should have been the perfect new home - a virgin wilderness full of new species of every sort, just waiting to be discovered. until her parents relocated to the frontier planet of Sphinx in the far distant Star Kingdom of Manticore. Stephanie Harrington always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl. New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and international bestselling phenomenon David Weber delivers the first entry in an original young adult science fiction adventure series, the Star Kingdom saga! Young teen Stephanie Harrington forms a telepathic bond with an intelligent alien treecat on a pioneer planet-and must fight for the freedom of her new friend and his species against highly-placed enemies determined to claim the world for humans only.
