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second book in the justly famous trilogy, this is also a stand-alone full of mystery and romance, set in a fascinating world

From Amazon.com: "From Library Journal
Former Intergal officer Yanaba Maddock allies herself with the residents of her adopted planet Petaybee against her one-time employers to prevent the mineral rape of a sentient world. Shortsighted opportunists clash head on with stubborn defenders of a world and a way of life in this sequel to Powers That Be (LJ 5/15/93). McCaffrey and Scarborough collaborate seamlessly to tell a first-rate sf adventure with strong male and female protagonists and a life-affirming theme."

sequel and 2nd in the powers that be trilogy

The girl's name Yanabe Maddock, has a short lived career as a company spy ended the moment the plant Petabybee and its people had adopted. Now she was deciated to keeping indergal from exploding and wounding-or killing- the world she has comed to love. For intergal persisted in denying that Petabybee with sentiment, and nothing would stop it from shipping the ore rich planet-sentiment or not. So Wana and her friends would have to find some other ways to prove that the plant was worth more to the company alive than dead....