Damias Children, Anne McCaffrey
Damias Children, Anne McCaffrey
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Damia's Children

Author: Anne McCaffrey

Narrator: Jean Reed Bahle

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2005

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

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.

About Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, one of the world’s most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern® series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jerry on July 30, 2020

A serious improvement over its predecessor. I'm glad I stuck with this series after all.......more

Goodreads review by MasterSal on November 27, 2019

I will say upfront that this is less a novel and more a series of novelettes focused on Damia’s children. Probably because of this, the novel is probably the most successful of the series to date. The story is also the most sci-fi, actually moving the Hive plot forward. There was less emphasis on th......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 23, 2022

Audio review. I love this series and have read it numerous times over the years. This time I listened to the audiobook and loved it. I have noticed that people are so picky about this series, I don't see why ! They are great stories. Fantasy, Space adventures, aliens, romance, family; this series ha......more

Goodreads review by Espie-Hope on July 08, 2018

I so, SO loved this book! I have loved every one of Ms McCaffrey's books that I've read so far! I really enjoy revisiting this series. I enjoy watching the Gwyn-Raven clan, and all their subgroups, as they progress in life. Learning how the children grow up and how their parents and grandparents deal......more

Goodreads review by drowningmermaid on April 06, 2010

I wanted to like this, as it is a return to my genre sci-fi roots, but I found this particular work quite disappointing. It's not really a book, more like 3-4 novellas strung together without any overarching point. I tossed this book while in jr. high, because I thought I had the "villain" in the sec......more

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