Its a trilogy or more.
The first one deals with a girl being taken to the city/capitol/some kind of academy.
She (and others like her, although I seem to think it was a female only talent) is able to control what they call ghosts.
Later in the book or series, she manages to gain control of what they call the "great ghosts" or "great black ghosts" that essentially are the same "spirits" but much larger and more powerful and "live" out in space, and are much more powerful than the typical ones.
One cover depicted one of these vaguely catlike characters standing on a sort of cruciform platform that is flying through the air.
It was in my school library, so odds are it was a relatively well known author (at least at the time).
I couldn't say what method of input and output my high school library did with books, but I know I read it right around the time I read L.E.Modesitt's Hammer of Darkness.
Later in the series she and others are using these powers to fight off some kind of invaders.
Jim Butcher readers might note there are some conceptual similarities between these books and his Codex Alera books (good series btw), but the ones I am seeking are much older.
The first one deals with a girl being taken to the city/capitol/some kind of academy.
She (and others like her, although I seem to think it was a female only talent) is able to control what they call ghosts.
Later in the book or series, she manages to gain control of what they call the "great ghosts" or "great black ghosts" that essentially are the same "spirits" but much larger and more powerful and "live" out in space, and are much more powerful than the typical ones.
One cover depicted one of these vaguely catlike characters standing on a sort of cruciform platform that is flying through the air.
It was in my school library, so odds are it was a relatively well known author (at least at the time).
I couldn't say what method of input and output my high school library did with books, but I know I read it right around the time I read L.E.Modesitt's Hammer of Darkness.
Later in the series she and others are using these powers to fight off some kind of invaders.
Jim Butcher readers might note there are some conceptual similarities between these books and his Codex Alera books (good series btw), but the ones I am seeking are much older.