Bøker av Anne McCaffrey

The third novel in the "Crystal Singer" sequence. Killashandra was the most experienced and gifted crystal singer on Ballybran. So naturally she and her partner Lars Dahl were asked to explore the jewel junk of the planet Opal. Unfortunately all those who had previously encountered it had died.

A simple journey to visit her relatives turns into a race against time when Khorii comes across a derelict spacecraft drifting in space, its crew dead in their seats - a deadly plague is spreading across the universe. Khorii, one of the few unaffected, must find a cure before the disease consumes all in its path - including her beloved parents.

Mining is fraught with danger, but fortunately the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts. Then disaster strikes, leaving Kindan orphaned and the camp without a watch-wher.

Racing to save the Temple Cats from a deadly disease, Acorna uncovers a plot to destroy the sacred felines and exploit Makahomia's people, and finds herself leading a small band of rebels determined to stop the conspiracy - a quest that takes them into the hidden sanctuaries of that world.

From the lady who taught dragons to fly and rockets to sing... The Smallest Dragon Boy.

And then one day the smooth-skinned, two-legged mammal known as Man came face to face with the furry, four-pawed mammal known as Hrruban...

Carialle was born so physically disadvantaged that her only chance for life was as a shell person. Like others before her, she decided to "become" a spaceship. With her "brawn" Keff, they search for intelligent beings. When they arrive on the planet Ozran, nothing is as it seems.

SF novel by Anne McCaffrey

The beginning of a beautifully written, compelling and captivating trilogy that runs the gamut of human experience and emotion from Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this. 'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES'A simply stunning start to a trio of books' - ***** Reader review'One of the best books I have ever read' - ***** Reader review'Engaging and entertaining' - ***** Reader review'The pages of her books are coated with glue...you just can't put them down!' - ***** Reader review'What a writer - she is amazing!' - ***** Reader review********************************************************************************************Killashandra thought her world had ended when she was told she would never become a concert singer. And then she met the stranger from off-world... He said he was a Crystal Singer - one of the unique ones of the Galaxy - and when Killashandra tried to find out what a Crystal Singer was the answers were vague and obscure. All she could discover was that they were special people, shrouded in mystery, and danger, and beauty - and something altogether incomprehensible. It was then that she decided that she too must try and become a Crystal Singer...

DINOSAUR PLANET and SURVIVORS: a vaulting feat of imagination from the Hugo and Nebula award-winning author of the classic DRAGON books.

MasterSinger Merelan and Harper Petiron were a brilliant and devoted couple. After a long and difficult birth, Robinton was born to them, but from the first day Periton had no time for his son, ignoring the incredible talent he had - that of being able to speak to the dragons of Pern.