Petaybee

Powers That Be (and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (1993) .
	"Strange things were happening on the icy planet called Petaybee. Unauthorised genetically engineered species had been spotted. Geologic survey teams sent to locate newly detected mineral deposits were either coming up empty - or disappearing altogether. And the locals weren't talking - especially not to the company exploiting the planet. Disabled combat veteran Yanaba Maddock seemed to the company to be the ideal spy: the frailty that made her no further use to the military would be a perfect blind to allow her to get close to the Petaybean natives. But miraculously, with her relocation to the planet came a return of Yana's health and strength. And the more she got to know the people of Petaybee, the more determined she became to protect her new home. For something strange and wonderful truly was happening on Petaybee. Something worth fighting for, or even dying for - but especially something worth living for..."

Power Lines (and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (1993) .
	"Yanaba Maddock's short-lived career as a company spy had ended the moment the planet Petaybee and its people had adopted her as one of their own. Now she was dedicated to keeping Intergal from exploiting and wounding - or even killing - the world she had come to love. For Intergal persisted in denying that Petaybee was sentient, and nothing would stop them from stripping the ore-rich planet - sentient or not. Only solid evidence would convince the company to leave the planet alone, and for all its sentience, Petaybee's communications were highly subjective; indeed, some outsiders seemed entirely immune to its voice. So Yana and her friends would have to find some other way to prove the planet was worth more to the company alive than dead..."

Power Play (and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (1995) .
	"Petaybee was growing up. Day by day, the sentinet planet - like any child - was learning to reorganise and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires... even to use human speech. Yanaba Maddock has appointed herself defender of her adopted planet, and she had even succeeded in proving its sentience to all the non-believers. But despite her effort, few outsiders truly cared for the feelings and intelligence of what they considered to be giant hunk or rock - or an mere oddity to be gawked at. Then Yana was kidnapped. The price of her freedom - the planet itself. But the only one who could speak for Petaybee was Petaybee - and no one knew what a living planet could do once it found its voice..."

Changelings (and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (2006) .
	"They are Ronan Born for Water Shongili and Murel Monster Slayer Shongili. Twin brother and sister. Children of Yana and Sean. Children of Petaybee. As such, theirs is a destiny deeply interwined with the sentient planet that is their home. For Ronan and Murel and more than human. Like their father, each can transform into a seal and converse telepathically with the planet's creatures - such as the friendly otter whose life they save one day from a pack of ravenous wolves. But the twins' bravery has unforseen results when a visiting scientist witnesses their startling metamorphosis and becomes obsessed with their capture. To protect their children, Sean and Yana send them to stay with a powerful family friend on an orbiting space station. But no one realizes that Ronan and Murel hunger to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent - and that their search for knowledge will place them squarely in the path of peril. Meanwhile, Petaybee is changing - and much faster than an ordinary planet's natural evolution. It appears that portions of the sea are heating up and a landmass is suddenly rising from the depths. To investigate the startling occurrence, Sean heads out to open water in his seal form. But the newly unstable region holds untold mysteries - and the potential for disaster."