Changlings by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is the first book in the Twins of Petaybee series set in the Petaybee universe. The main characters in this story are the twin children of Yanaba and Sean Shongili who are the co-governors of Petaybee. This story details their childhood as it also deal with the continual growth of the entity known as Petaybee. While reading this book I found myself thinking that it felt even less like a McCaffrey story than any of the other collaboration

Changlings by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is the first book in the Twins of Petaybee series set in the Petaybee universe. The main characters in this story are the twin children of Yanaba and Sean Shongili who are the co-governors of Petaybee. This story details their childhood as it also deal with the continual growth of the entity known as Petaybee. While reading this book I found myself thinking that it felt even less like a McCaffrey story than any of the other collaborations as it seemed to have many elements in it that I find either questionable or detestable. While I respect the concept of a living world and acknowledge that the fact that the otters can communicate telepathically as a part of the worlds adaptation of them I found the taking of the other animals who were never there and making them as intelligent as the human characters distasteful. This is probably my inherent racism coming out as I believe that the human race is much greater than any other species God has created on this world. If this was a fantasy novel I would be better wiling to accept the situation as with magic many things are possible which can not happen in our reality. As much as I had an issue with that though my biggest problem was with the group of humans represented by Ke-ola who blame others for all the misfortune in their lives. While I will acknowledge that many groups have been treated badly in the past I do not feel any guilt for something that people have done in the past. While I would not do what they did I will not give the descendants of those wronged a free pass either. In many ways every group in human history has been mistreated at one point or another. This does not mean we should currently stand aside and accept it currently but we must work to build everyone a better future not give guilt offerings which encourage destructive behavior. If you can not support yourself don't have twenty kids because none of them will be better off than you. Your goal for your kids is to make the world a better place for then than yourself not to just propagate more of yourself. We are not fish that we survive better by flooding the waters we are thinking beings you can make a better world for our descendants as God calls us to do. We are blessed to be a blessing to others not a curse.

