Sky Dragons

Dragonriders of Pern, Book 23

By: Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey

Narrated by: Emily Durante

From the New York Times best-selling mother-and-son team of Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey comes the final installment in the riveting Pern saga that began with Todd’s solo novel, Dragonsblood. Now, with all of Pern imperiled by the aftereffects of a plague that killed scores of dragons and left the planet helpless against the fall of deadly Thread, the only hope for the future lies in the past.

There, on an unexplored island, a group of dragonriders led by Xhinna, a brave young woman who rides the blue dragon Tazith, must battle lethal Merows and voracious tunnel-snakes to build a safe home for themselves and the dragons, whose offspring will one day—if they survive—replenish Pern’s decimated dragon population. But as the first female rider of a blue dragon, and the first female Weyrleader in the history of Pern, Xhinna faces an uphill battle in winning the respect and loyalty of her peers... especially after an unforeseen tragedy leaves the struggling colony reeling from a shattering loss.

Amid the grieving, one girl, Jirana, blessed—or cursed—with the ability to foresee potential futures, will help Xhinna find a way forward. The answer lies in time... or, rather, in timing it: the awesome ability of the dragons to travel through time itself. But that power comes with risks, and by venturing further into the past, Xhinna may be jeopardizing the very future she has sworn to save.

©2012 Anne McCaffrey (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Narration quite iffy.

Very flat boring narration. I almost didn’t get through the fist part of the story. Better as story progressed when doing characters. The whiny characters drove me nuts. This story did not fit in with any of the other perm timelines, seemed completely disconnected. I liked the stronger women and women riders. That was the main redeeming part of the story. Over all, barely tolerable.

Struggled

I struggled to follow the story line and to finish the book.
Narrator was OK but not great.

A Tragic Loss

Would you listen to Sky Dragons again? Why?

By listening to this audio book, I have learned that the woman who inspired me to learn to read (in grade 8) has passed away. I will miss her worlds greatly, but that said, her son Todd has also come into his own as a writer and at least Pern will not be lost forever. I do find Todd a much darker writer. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes I yearn for the lighter touch of his mother. This book is a series of books I have been enjoying and I found this one quite interesting indeed. Sky Weir! I like it :-) There is a lot of foreshadowing for subsequent books which i can look forward to. The lenth of the book is pleasant and i hope you take the time to listen to this. I would very much help if you listen/read the other books in this series before listening to this one.

Sincerely,

CJ

Don't start here

There doesn't seem to be a clear order to read these books without we listening to follow the Lorena / Fiona timeline.

very good book

I truly enjoy ALL of the Dragonriders of pern books . I enjoyed the suspense generated in this story . I listen with my MP3player while at the gym . It was hard to stop the playback when Iwas finished with my workout .