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| Original Title: | Dragon's Fire (The Dragonriders of Pern) |
| ISBN: | 0345480287 (ISBN13: 9780345480286) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Pern #19, Pern (Chronological Order) #5 |
Anne McCaffrey
Hardcover | Pages: 366 pages Rating: 3.98 | 8948 Users | 218 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books Dragon's Fire (Pern #19)
| Title | : | Dragon's Fire (Pern #19) |
| Author | : | Anne McCaffrey |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 366 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2006 by Del Rey Books (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dragons |
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Bringing fresh wonders and dangers to light in the skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd, who demonstrated his writing talents in the bestselling novels Dragon's Kin and Dragonsblood, return with their second collaboration: a thrilling adventure of discovery and fate.Pellar is an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon's coal-mining camp, Pellar-along with his fire-lizard, Chitter-joins him on a secret mission of his own: to find out if reported thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.
Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their parents' crimes, these children have inherited their cruel punishment. Lack of food, shelter, and clothes is their lot; hope is unknown to them. And what future would they hope for? Without a hold to call their own, there will be no protection for them when the lethal Thread inevitably falls again. Life is even tougher for Halla. Her family gone, she must fend for herself. Yet despite the brutality of her surroundings, Halla is kind and gentle, devoted to those more helpless than she.
As depraved as Halla is good, Tenim is in league with Tarik, a crooked miner from Camp Natalon, who helps him steal coal in exchange for a cut of the profit. But Tenim soon realizes there is a lot more to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn Thread out of the sky. Tenim doesn't care what he has to do, or whom he has to kill, in order to corner the market.
Cristov is Tarik's son. Dishonored by his father's greed and treachery, the boy must make amends somehow, even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile firestone, which detonates on contact with the slightest drop of moisture.
When the last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage, and only Pellar, Halla, and Cristov can stop him-and ensure that there will be a future for all on the world of the Dragonriders.
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Ratings: 3.98 From 8948 Users | 218 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Dragon's Fire (Pern #19)
I became more and more frustrated with this book as I read it. It felt like there were too many stories and a massive portion of the book wasn't even spent on the main quest. It was as if the authors were trying to convince the reader to see how dangerous firestone was by hurting every character they came to care about. And then at the end they finally got around to the main quest of trying to find a substitute. I feel like it would have been better to deal with all the action climax at oncePellar born mute but is an excellent tracker taught by an ex-dragonrider Mikhail along with healing arts at Harper Hall. Pellar is adopted by Masterharper Zist and his wife Cayla. Masterharper Murenney wants to find a solution to the Shunned problem before the Fall of Thread. Master Zist's apprentice Morann was sent out to make contact with the Shunned and has not been heard from since is believed to be dead. A new problem arises in the form of missing coal from Crom Hold at Camp Natalon. Master
Can I give this book 0 stars? It rambles from place to place like something undead. Characters move and interact, but there's no point in the interaction because nobody grows. There is sex but no desire, there are personalities but they don't come into play. After 3 hours of listening I found myself banging my head against the window praying something would happen that I could care about.Note that I loved Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders books. But this book was written by Todd, and he's not Anne
Ok, so I know it's frowned upon to write a review on a book that you didn't actually read the whole way through, but I honestly did try.I'm a big Anne McCaffrey fan, the Pern series being my favourite of hers. But unfortunately, writing doesn't seem to be a skill that was passed from Mother to Son, because Todd McCaffrey is not all that great.The characters were dull and uninteresting, their motivations were often confusing or just plain stupid, the story rambled and by the time I'd reached
I have to say that Pellar is definitely unusual for a harper, but I loved him all the more for it. It's always fun to see other characters popping up from earlier in the series, and Master Zist is one of my favorites. Grumpy old man with a heart of gold! But Pellar is amazing as well, and I love his abilities and how he never gives up, despite his inability to speak.This book is definitely a lot darker than some of the others in this series, and I did enjoy it for that. It talked about the
It might not be fair to compare Todd McCaffrey to his mother, but he is trying to continue his mother's legacy. This is the third book I've attempted to read with Todd's name attached and, frankly, they have not been good by any standards. Dragon's Fire was the worst so far to the point that I couldn't even finish reading it. There's no cohesive plot, the characters are weak and lack motivation and there are far too many of them to gain empathy for any of them.The problems start with a lack of
Another fantastic book. And another book that I had not read the first couple of times I read this series. These were not out yet. I had not read any of the books that she had done with her son, Todd. I find it really interesting to get into new characters and other sides of Pern. I never would have thought I would get attached to miners and shunned, but that is exactly what happened. I knew about Firestone, but never really knew about it in depth. It was a great story full of interesting
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