Original Historical Fantasy Slash (M/M) Fiction with Cat People

[secretdesires31]

Hi,

I am looking for an original historical fantasy M/M book which included cat-like people as a species co existing with humans. One of the central characters was a cat person, who was a soldier I think. There were other cat people in the story, some of whom were kind of villainous.

Another character was a mute orphan boy (name was probably Eli?) who turned out to be a fire-starter mage. The boy's father was revealed later to be a healer, who was supposed to be celibate and thus the boy's birth was a secret. In this world the healers lived in a kind of impenetrable tower and they were all sorta immortal. The tower was taken over by evil forces who tortured the healers.

There were 2 other central characters whom I can't remember at all. As far as I remember, this is a published book.

Really hope someone remembers this story and can help me find it! Thanks in advance!

80s Sci Fi Book

[isabellivy]

I read this book in the late 80s. A spaceship lands on planet to explore and a finds a town. There are also small children that are feral that sneak in to get food. One child gets on spaceship when it takes off and they spend time teaching him to trust them and live in their culture. Turns out he is really smart, smart, fast, and string compared to the humans on spaceship. He ends up going to learn to be a pilot and an officer in their military. The child, now grown, goes back to his home planet to capture more feral children and to teach them to be a part of this culture and become pilots. They end up building a settlement on this planet and creating a community made up of these feral children that are now grown and having children of their own.