Title ~ Damia's Children
Series ~ The Tower and the Hive, #3
Author ~ Anne McCaffrey
Publisher ~ ACE Putnam
Published ~ 13 January 1993
Genre ~ Sci-Fi/Paranormal
Book source ~ My home library
My Rating ~ 4 bites out of 5
Damia’s
children are growing up and taking their places in FT&T. All are powerful,
but each has their own special Talents. Paired with young Mrdini allies when
they were babies they’ve grown up with the aliens and are comfortable with
them. Unlike others in the Federation who think the Mrdinis are weasel-like and
shouldn’t be allies with humans. Laria, Thian, Rojer and Zara will play their
parts in the ongoing search for more Hivers and the Hive home world, so that a
way can be found to contain the Hivers and keep them away from human and Mrdini
planets.
Revisiting
this story 20 years later made me realize I hadn’t forgotten much. The good
mark of a story that enthralled me. Laria, as the eldest, goes to Clarf as part
of the exchange that was agreed upon before she was born. Gaining experience in
her own Tower has matured her and when her year is up and it’s time for her to
train on Callisto and for Thian to take her place on Clarf, something else for
Thian comes up. He’s needed on a fleet ship amongst a squadron that has been
tracking Hive ships. At 16 he’s young for the responsibility, but it’s believed
he can handle it and off he goes. Rojer follows about a year later by joining
another ship and at the end of the book Zara pulls a stunt reminiscent of Damia
when she was a child, but she does manage to figure out why the captured Queen
appears to be dying.
This
book is chock full with information about Damia and Afra’s children, especially
the older ones and how they’re maturing and helping FT&T. Lots of
adventure, information and great story-telling. A lot more is learned about the
Mrdini and there’s even new info about the Hivers. This book is an excellent
addition to the series and I look forward to rereading the next book and having
the saga continue.
I enjoyed this one, but not as much as I did The Rowan and Damia. I think that's because the story became more diffuse. She was telling a big story, one which spans several books; it's necessarily split between a number of characters, and their individual stories are very separate. I prefer the narrower focus of Damia and The Rowan. But I still re-read the entire series at times, and enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. After the Mrdini joined with humans and they started chasing the Hivers it became much more complicated. Not any less enjoying, but so much was going on. I love this series.
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