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Irene Teasey came to Ireland to claim an unexpected interitance
from an aunt she had never met . . . a legacy of land, a sprawling
house, cottages with tenants, and even a horse . . . more than she
had dared hope for. Enough to make her independent of her former
husband. Enough to start a new life. Together with her children,
Simon and Sara, she will find more than escape from an abusive
relationship. She will find loyal friends, her extended Irish
family . . . and a new love in this beautiful, ancient land.
Carla Murdoch had learned what it was to be alone, growing up on
different army posts. But now her loneliness is terrible--for her
officer father met a mysterious death on a foreign battlefield, and
Carla has been sent to live in her new guardian's New England
mansion . . . a remote, snowbound place where she finds she isn't
really wanted. Together with her dog, Merlin, Carla must make a new
start and face demons within and without--for her father's killer
is now on her trail, too! A thrilling novel of romantic suspense by
one of the world's favorite storytellers.
What do the world's most imaginative minds feast upon? Spiderfish
Stew... Shrimp Anarchy... Surrealistic Fudge... Pa's Peasant
Soup... and Marvellous Morphed Meat. How do the world's great
science fiction and fantasy authors feed themselves when they're
not whipping up tales of wonder? What did they eat before they were
famous-and what do they serve to their friends? Compiled and
annotated by best-selling author Anne McCaffrey, Serve It Forth is
an unparalleled collection of recipes submitted by the writers
themselves, so you can eat like Patricia Anthony (The
I've-Been-to-Brazil-I-Know-What-Black-Beans-Are Dip), David Gerrold
(Death to the Enemies of the Revolution Chili), and Poul Anderson
(The Great Pumpkin). Each wonderful, dunce-proof recipe is
accompanied by personal notes from the author-chefs, as they guide
you into the preparation of such repasts as: Sherried Walnut Cake
by Lois McMaster Bujold; Pig by David Drake; Comforting Clam
Chowder by Peter S. Beagle; Night of the Living Meatloaf by Allen
Steele; How (and Why) to Dress and Prepare Texas Armadillo by
Ardath Mayhar; Catfish and Red Meat Flavouring by Larry Niven; And
over 100 more Kurtz, Mercedes Lackey, John Brunner, Joan Vinge, M.
K. Wren, and many more.
In Freedom's Landing, galactic invasion forced thousands of humans to colonize a new planet. In Freedom's Choice, human Kris Bjornsen and her comrades found new hope for rebellion. Now, in Freedom's Challenge, Kris and her Catteni lover Zainal prepare to face danger and pain, in the final fight...for liberty.
The Rowan was one of the strongest Talents ever born, but she was
also lonely and without family, friends --or love. Then a
telepathic message came from a distant world facing an alien
threat, a message sent by an unknown Talent named Jeff Raven, and
be it power, danger, or love--the Rowan is about to meet her match.
Finally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST, THE WHITE DRAGON. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others. And for those just discovering this magical place, there are incomparable tales of danger, deceit, and daring, just waiting to be explored..
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Dragonquest (Paperback)
Anne McCaffrey
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The second in the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy.
OSF grand master McCaffrey and her son Todd combine their
prodigious storytelling talents to craft a complex tale of
desperation and sacrifice, love, and loss.O--"Library Journal, "
starred review.
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER
Scores of dragons are dead after plague swept across the world of
Pern, and now the Weyrs are struggling to rebuild before Threadfall
destroys everything--and everyone--left alive. Their best hope lies
with a group of new dragonriders who have volunteered to brave the
dangers of an unexplored island populated by vicious wild felines
and voracious tunnel-snakes to create a safe home for their young
dragons, whose offspring will hopefully replenish Pern's decimated
population. But their leader, Xhinna, the first female rider of a
blue dragon, faces an uphill battle to win the respect of her
peers, especially after tragedy leaves the new colony reeling. The
way forward seems to lie with the awesome ability of the dragons to
travel through time. But that power comes with risks: By venturing
into the past, Xhinna may jeopardize the very future she has sworn
to save.
"Memorable characters and a good balance of individual dramas and
large-scale action make this a strong addition to the Pern
saga."--"Library Journal"
"Longtime fans will enjoy the latest adventures of the cheerful
dragonriders and their colorful mounts."--"Publishers Weekly"
"McCaffrey will be remembered, rightly, as one of science fiction's
grand masters."--Tor.com
Award-winning fantasy author Anne McCaffrey returns with her
bestselling Harper Hall Trilogy, wonder-filled imaginative classics
now available in digest format.
There was a sudden stench of a dead sea creature. There was the
sudden horror of a huge black shape closing over her. There was
nothing... Then there were pieces of memory, isolated fragments
that were so horrible her mind refused to accept them. Intense heat
and shivering cold; excruciating pain; dismembered pieces of the
human body. Sawn bones and searing screams. And when she awoke she
found she was in a world that was not earth, and with a face and
body that were not her own. She had become a Restoree...
The spacefaring Barque Cats are valued members of every vessel's
crew, thanks to their special bond with humans. Then Pshaw-Ra, a
mysterious cat with highly advanced knowledge, gives the felines
the power of telepathy. When panic over a virulent plague drives
the government to exterminate animals, Pshaw-Ra guides the cats and
humans of the starship "Ranzo" to safety on his home planet, Mau.
But Pshaw-Ra has a hidden agenda. His ultimate goal? Mate the
Barque Cats with their godlike counterparts who rule on Mau and
create a superior race to conquer the universe. His plans, however,
may be doomed by his daughters' battle royal to become queen, by a
suspicious Barque Cat with an equally curious human friend--and by
something stirring deep beneath the city with a hunger to devour
all life . . . and an undying hatred for cats.
The third volume in a series of adventures in the land of Pern.
Anne McCaffrey's dragons are the stuff of which SF/fantasy legends
are made. All of her dragon books have been national bestsellers.
"The Girl Who Heard Dragons "is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for
all readers--a big, satisfying compilation of her fiction. Best of
all, it opens with an original short novel of Pern, "The Girl Who
Heard Dragons." In addition, the book contains twenty-four
beautiful black and white drawings by award-winning artist Michael
Whelan. Romance, humor, colorful description, and affecting
characters are Anne McCaffrey's hallmarks and the fifteen stories
herein have these virtues in abundance. No wonder the "Chicago
Sun-Times "described her as a "master of the well-told tale." "The
Girl Who Heard Dragons" is the story of Aramina, a teenage girl of
Pern who hears dragons--a skill which does not seem likely to help
solve her family's problems. They are "holdless," and must
constantly roam the land, trying to hide from bandits. Aramina's
mother fears losing her daughter completely to the life of a
dragonrider, but McCaffrey has another fate in mind for her young
heroine.
Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times
and Sunday Times bestselling author, open your mind to new worlds
and new concepts: alien nations, psychic powers, telepathy and
planetary systems. Perfect for fans of David Eddings, Brandon
Sanderson and Douglas Adams. 'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of
science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it
wants' -- THE TIMES 'Marvellous from the beginning to the end,
believable, spellbinding, mind-bending, truly magnificent' -- *****
Reader review 'Thrilling and exciting' -- ***** Reader review
'Fabulous from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Simply
awesome' -- ***** Reader review
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The Talents were the elite of the Nine Star League. Their gifts
were many and varied, ranging from the gently telepathic, to the
rare and extremely valued Primes. On the Primes rested the entire
economic wealth and communications systems of the civilised worlds.
But Primes were scarce - only very rarely was a new one born. And
now, on the planet Altair, in a small mining colony on the western
mountain range, a new Prime existed, a three-year-old girl -
trapped in a giant mud slide that had wiped out the rest of the
Rowan mining community. Every Altarian who was even mildly talented
could 'hear' the child crying for help, but no one knew where she
was buried. Every resource on the planet was centred into finding
'The Rowan' - the new Prime, the first ever to be born on Altair,
an exceptionally unique Prime, more talented, more powerful, more
agoraphobic, more lonely, than any other Prime yet known in the
Nine Star league...
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Dragon's Fire (Paperback)
Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey
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R314
R292
Discovery Miles 2 920
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When Masterharper Zist takes over as Harper for Natalon's
coal-mining camp, he takes with him his apprentice, the orphaned,
mute Pellar, and Pellar's fire-lizard Chitter. Pellar has become a
gifted tracker and Zist gives him his own mission - to find out if
the recent 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. With no
shelter when the lethal Thread falls again they will have no
protection against it. Life is even tougher for Halla, all her
family are dead and she must fend for herself. Yet Halla is kind
and gentle, devoted to helping those more helpless than she, unlike
Tenim, a fellow child of the Shunned. 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, he decides he must make amends
somehow... even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile
firestone, which blows up at 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 defence
against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn the 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.
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Carla Murdoch had learned what it was to be alone, growing up on
different army posts. But now her loneliness is terrible--for her
officer father met a mysterious death on a foreign battlefield, and
Carla has been sent to live in her new guardian's New England
mansion . . . a remote, snowbound place where she finds she isn't
really wanted. Together with her dog, Merlin, Carla must make a new
start and face demons within and without--for her father's killer
is now on her trail, too A thrilling novel of romantic suspense by
one of the world's favorite storytellers.
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Dragon Harper (Paperback)
Anne McCaffrey, Todd J. McCaffrey
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R276
R215
Discovery Miles 2 150
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For millions of readers the world over, the name Pern is magical,
conjuring up grand vistas of a distant planet whose blue skies are
patrolled by brave dragons and their noble riders, a paradise
threatened by the periodic fall of deadly Thread. But not all
dangers descend from the skies. Now, in their third collaboration,
Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd McCaffrey, spin a tale of a
mysterious illness that may succeed in doing what centuries of
Threadfall could not: kill every last human on Pern.
Life in the Harper Hall is busy for best friends Kindan, Nonala,
and Kelsa. As the only female apprentices, Nonala and Kelsa are the
butt of jokes and easy targets for the bully Vaxoram and his
cronies. But when Kindan springs to Kelsa's defense, he winds up in
a fight for his life against the older, bigger Vaxoram-a fight that
will lead to a surprising friendship.
Meanwhile, in nearby Fort Hold, a clutch of fire-lizard eggs is
about to hatch, and Lord Bemin's beautiful young daughter, Koriana,
is determined to Impress one of the delightful creatures. At the
hatching, Kindan Impresses a fire-lizard of his own . . . and wins
the heart of Koriana. But Lord Bemin mistrusts harpers and will not
hear of a match between his daughter and the low-born Kindan.
Then fate intervenes in the form of a virulent plague as
fast-spreading as it is deadly. Arising suddenly, as if out of
nowhere, the contagion decimates hold after hold, paying no heed to
distinctions of birth. In this feverish crucible, friendship and
love will be tested to the breaking point and beyond. For with
Threadfall scant years away, the Dragonriders dare not expose
themselves to infection, and it will fall to Kindan and his fellow
apprentices to bravely search for a cure and save humanity.
The price of failure is unthinkable. But the price of success may
be even harder to bear.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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Damia (Paperback)
Anne McCaffrey
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R206
R157
Discovery Miles 1 570
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The fabulous sequel to McCaffrey's New York Times bestseller The
Rowan. Unquestionably the most brilliant--and most impetuous--of
the Rowan's children, Damia is determined to make her own way in
the world. As she embarks on her quest, she's stung by a vision of
an impending invasion--an invasion of such magnitude that even the
Rowan cannot prevent it.
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