Damia's Children (Rowan/Damia Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (808 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597376957 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 533 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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United they will confront the attackers face to face.. 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. 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. Each child has a special
From Publishers Weekly Here McCaffrey introduces another generation in her saga of a family of powerful psionic Talents ( The Rowan and Damia ) raised to serve the Nine Star League. . The eight children of Damia and Afra Raven-Lyon approach the threshold of maturity on Iota Aurogae, where they have been raised with young Mrdinis, the only other intelligent life that humankind has encountered--save for the pernicious Hive Culture, which has sought to destroy all other species in its drive to expand through the universe. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Science Fiction Book Club main selection; Doubleday Book Club alternate. The other children contribute their own Talents and insight during stressful periods of human-nonhuman interaction. Thian, the oldest boy, encounters residual human prejudice and almost loses his life when he serves as liaison with a mixed human-Mrdini fleet. The eldest teenager, Laria, is sent to the homeworld of the Mrdinis to improve relations betwe
Jack_and_Lois_in_TX said Book three of a favorite series. The Tower and the Hive is one of my favorite sci-fi series. The premise is that there are people who have extraordinary mental and psi powers. They are employed by the government to communicate and transport cargo through intra- and inter-stellar space. The series follows a family of people with these talents through a variety of encounters with alie. This story is awesome. I first read this as a teenager and Public Voice This story is awesome. I first read this as a teenager and loved the way the author took me into the future and to outer worlds. I loved this book then and I will continue to love this novel and storyline now and into the future.. D. K. Kortz said Other McCaffrey series MUCH better. Damia's Children is one of those 'in-the-middle-of's' books that a person will get totally lost in if they don't read the books in front of it. I found it ceaselessly step-by-step, with no real sense of forward movement of the plot, of tension or suspense, etc and yes, it gave good information, as far as the plot of the entire series went, but as a s