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Since the start of interstellar travel, Barque Felines have been highly prized crew members, responsible for keeping spacecraft free of vermin, for alerting individual crews to potential environmental dangers, and for performing as morale officers. Even among Barque Felines, Chessie is something special. Her pedigree, skills, and intelligence, as well as the close rapport she's with her individual, Janina, make her the most valuable staff member aboard the Molly Daise. Plus the litter of kittens in her tummy only increases her value. Then Chessie is kidnapped—er, catnapped—from Dr. Jared Vlast’s vet medical center at Hood Stop. And Chessie’s newborn kittens grow to be even more remarkable than their mother. For while Chessie’s connection to Janina is close and intuitive, the connection that the kitten Chester forms with the kidnapper’s kid, Jubal, is downright telepathic. So when Chester is delivered into space to learn his trade, neither he nor Jubal will rest until they’re reunited. But the announcement of a widespread epidemic influencing livestock on numerous planets throws the near future into doubt. Abruptly the galactic government announces an idea to impound and perhaps destroy all shown animals. Not even the Barque Felines will be spared. Together with the clock race against them, Janina, Jubal, Dr. Vlast, and a small number of very special kittens will become a member of to save the Barque Felines, other family pets, and quite possibly the universe as they know it from total destruction.
