I’ve always been a scifi/fantasy fan, and
The Ghatti’s Tale: Book One: Finders-Seekers, by Gayle Greeno, has a little of both. Mostly fantasy at the time of the story, but scifi in the past.
Over 200 years ago, colonists from earth came to the planet Methuen. Most of their technology has been mysteriously destroyed over the years. During their time on the planet they have developed a new ability – telepathic bonding with the native ghatti.
The ghatti are race of large cats on Methuen who can speak telepathically to humans, if they choose to bond with them. I wish I could talk to my cats, in any way at all. Would make my life so much easier!
These human-ghatti Bondmates settle disputes using their shared ability to truth-read people’s minds and emotions. However, not everyone may appreciate this involvement in their affairs. In
The Ghatti’s Tale, telepathic humans and ghatti are being murdered. One pair of Bondmates, a woman Doyce, and her ghatta Khar’pern, have been chosen to find out who is doing this and why. Doyce has a special interest in the murders, as her intended fiance has become one of the victims.
I was thoroughly engrossed in this story and the characters. This is the first book in the three book
Ghatti’s Tale series. Book 2 is
MindSpeakers’ Call and Book 3 is
Exiles’ Return. And there is a followup 2 books series that continues the story –
Ghattens Gambit, made up of
Sunderlies Seeking and
The Farthest Seeking. So, if you’re like me, and after the first book you have to know what happens next, there’s plenty more to read!
