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    Damia's Children
    Damia's Children
    Damia's Children
    Audiobook8 hours

    Damia's Children

    Written by Anne McCaffrey

    Narrated by Jean Reed Bahle

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    About this audiobook

    In Damia's Children, one of science fiction and fantasy's most beloved novelists, Anne McCaffrey, continues the story of psychic Talent begun with The Rowan and Damia. The Rowan's next generation of passionate and talented descendants prepare to defend their worlds against an alien attack of mysterious origin.

    Damia had deflected a previous attack on the human worlds and sent the aliens into deep space. Hungry for more living space, they return with plans to dominate, armed with knowledge of the psychic defense they can expect from humanity.

    However, as it has been learned that Talent can be both bred and taught, the combined abilities of Damia's children make them an even greater power than Damia or her mother. Each child has a special Talent that together makes them the most powerful Gwyn-Raven force yet to come. United they will confront the attackers face to face.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 25, 2005
    ISBN9781597376976
    Damia's Children
    Author

    Anne McCaffrey

    Anne McCaffrey, a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, was one of the world's most beloved and bestselling science fiction and fantasy writers. She is known for her hugely successful Dragonriders of Pern books, as well as the fantasy series that she cowrote with Elizabeth A. Scarborough that began with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.

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    • 4/5
      I have read this book a number of times, but listening to it gives more depth to the story.
    • 5/5
      Excellent reader, well-paced and employing convincing accents. I enjoy this series very much, but had not read them as audiobooks previously.
    • 4/5
      A really quick read, and it may be the nostalgia speaking (...AGAIN), but I loved it. The viewpoint jumps between a number of young characters, and I think it's silly and fun.
    • 4/5
      Book source ~ My home library.Damia’s children are growing up and taking their places in FT&T. All are powerful, but each has their own special Talents. Paired with young Mrdini allies when they were babies they’ve grown up with the aliens and are comfortable with them. Unlike others in the Federation who think the Mrdinis are weasel-like and shouldn’t be allies with humans. Laria, Thian, Rojer and Zara will play their parts in the ongoing search for more Hivers and the Hive home world, so that a way can be found to contain the Hivers and keep them away from human and Mrdini planets.Revisiting this story 20 years later made me realize I hadn’t forgotten much. The good mark of a story that enthralled me. Laria, as the eldest, goes to Clarf as part of the exchange that was agreed upon before she was born. Gaining experience in her own Tower has matured her and when her year is up and it’s time for her to train on Callisto and for Thian to take her place on Clarf, something else for Thian comes up. He’s needed on a fleet ship amongst a squadron that has been tracking Hive ships. At 16 he’s young for the responsibility, but it’s believed he can handle it and off he goes. Rojer follows about a year later by joining another ship and at the end of the book Zara pulls a stunt reminiscent of Damia when she was a child, but she does manage to figure out why the captured Queen appears to be dying. This book is chock full with information about Damia and Afra’s children, especially the older ones and how they’re maturing and helping FT&T. Lots of adventure, information and great story-telling. A lot more is learned about the Mrdini and there’s even new info about the Hivers. This book is an excellent addition to the series and I look forward to rereading the next book and having the saga continue.
    • 3/5
      Third book in the Rowan series, and worth a read, although I did not appreciate or enjoy it as much as the first two books.
    • 4/5
      Damia's Children is the 3rd book in the Tower and Hive series were we get to meet the Rowan's grandchildren. This book was the best to this point in the series, except for the ending which left you hanging, obviously with a setup for the next book. This could also be more accurately looked at as 4 closely related short stories, each one a different child of Damia and Afra Lyon. At least this time it wasn't just following one little girl as she grew up into a woman and learned responsibility. There was quite a bit of exploring how the different races interrelated and their differing views on what should be done and how.
    • 3/5
      This book is definitely much weaker than the first two books in the series. I would only recommend it if you, like me, fell in love with the characters from The Rowan and Damia and simply have to read more about them.
    • 1/5
      Stop, just stop reading this series already!