Review: Great Tidbits
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
This collection is quality Mercedes Lackey. Each part is short, but packed with interesting plot, sympathetic characters, and situations. All deal with the same story.The central character is a race of genetically modified cats who can be trained to assist humans on spaceship journeys. Some are even telepathic. The ship has landed on a newfound planet that has a "small" pest problem. The solution - cats! True "ratters" solve the planet's problems, but even after instituting trade for as many modified cats as can be supplied to the aliens, the crew faces trouble from both human and alien enemies.Ms Lackey uses these shorts to take the reader on a truly captivating trip to a new world on a spaceship cleaned by a race of genetically engineered "shipcats" to establish trade relations with an alien race. And we care about both the shipcats and their handlers! This is the work of a skilled author!