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| Original Title: | Dragonheart (Dragonriders of Pern) |
| ISBN: | 0345491149 (ISBN13: 9780345491145) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Pern #21, Pern (Chronological Order) #7 |
Todd McCaffrey
Hardcover | Pages: 538 pages Rating: 4.15 | 12921 Users | 200 Reviews
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| Title | : | Dragonheart (Pern #21) |
| Author | : | Todd McCaffrey |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 538 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2008 by Del Rey Books (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dragons |
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In Dragon's Kin, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer was her son, Todd McCaffrey. Together, they penned a triumphant new chapter in the annals of the extraordinarily popular Dragonriders of Pern. Now, for the first time, Todd McCaffrey flies alone. And Dragonsblood is proof that the future of Pern is in good hands. After all, dragons are in his blood. . . . Never in the dramatic history of Pern has there been a more dire emergency than that which faces the young dragonrider Lorana. A mysterious fatal illness is striking dragons. The epidemic is spreading like wildfire . . . and the next deadly cycle of Threadfall is only days away. Somehow, Lorana must find a cure before the dragons-including her own beloved Arith-succumb to the sickness, leaving Pern undefended. The lyrics of an all-but-forgotten song seem to point toward an answer from nearly five hundred years in the past, when Kitti Ping and her daughter Wind Blossom bred the first dragons from their smaller cousins, the fire-lizards. No doubt the first colonists possessed the advanced technology to find the cure for which Lorana seeks, but over the centuries, that knowledge has been lost. Or has it? For in the distant past, an aged Wind Blossom worries that the germs that affect the fire-lizards may one day turn on larger prey-and unleash a plague that will destroy the dragons, Pern's only defenders against Thread. But as her people struggle to survive, Wind Blossom has neither the time nor the resources to expend on a future that may never arrive-until suddenly sheuncovers evidence that her worst fears will come true. Now two brave women, separated by hundreds of years but joined by bonds transcending time, will become unknowing allies in a desperate race against sickness and Threadfall, with nothing less than the survival of all life on Pern at stake. From the Hardcover edition.Rating Regarding Books Dragonheart (Pern #21)
Ratings: 4.15 From 12921 Users | 200 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books Dragonheart (Pern #21)
Sometimes the son of the author tries to continue a series, and the reader is disappointed. I never expected this book to be as great as his mother's work, yet it truly is!This is the first book in this new series that actually has me looking forward to reading the *next* book in the series, which is ironic, because now I'm caught up on the ones I own -- I don't *have* the next book yet. Figures. Well, I was wondering whether I'd want to continue collecting this series, so I guess I have my answer now.
Todd McCaffrey is moderately scary in his ability to mimic his mother's writing style. It's a talent I appreciate though.Most of the time I wouldn't notice a difference in writing style--except when his maleness came through, like when he had male characters smack female characters on the butt "in a sign of affection." No. Gross. Don't. Do. It. Unless you ask the female first if she would be okay with it, don't. do. it. If asking feels too awkward, well then, I have a solution for you--don't.
This book is about a young girl named Fiona, the only surviving offspring of Lord Bemin at Fort Hold and how she grows and matures into becoming a Weyrwoman. Fiona and her father attend the hatching grounds to see the new candidates impress the new hatching dragons. One of the eggs is a gold queen, the most powerful of all the dragons and to everyone's surprise the infant queen heads toward the stands instead of the remaining candidates. With double surprise the queen chooses Fiona and she
Finished the latest Pern offering by Todd McCaffrey, and it felt like an old friend. The effects of "Timing it", a few conundrums associated therewith, the banning of the fire lizards explained, leading us full circle to a setup for the original trilogy hundreds of turns later.
Wow! This was terrific! Fiona is just wonderful, forthright, assertive, but still learning herself and leadership as a young weyrwoman! And T'mar is delightful too. A great read, with connects to Nuella, M'tal and others from Todd and Anne's joint series. I love seeing watch-whers given their proper respect. It's a shame this doesn't get picked up on later in Anne's books of the future. Maybe Todd will write sequels even later than hers?
This book happens in parallel to Dragonsblood. Unfortunately, when I read the description, I mistook it for Dragonsblood, which I read in my last stage of Pern reading before college and before I was on Goodreads, and read Dragon's Time first, which horribly spoiled this book and Dragongirl, before realizing my mistake. The Dragonriders of Pern span most of my reading career so far and I scrambled the order at every stage, so I guess this just follows the precedent. Dragonheart is another
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