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Books : Crystal Dragon: Book Two of the Great Migration DuologyIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $12.71 You Save: $4.24 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9781592220908 ISBN: 1592220908 Label: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. Manufacturer: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: March 01, 2007 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. Studio: Meisha Merlin Publishing, Inc. Sales Rank: 517474 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: What do you do when home is a conspiracy that's been discovered and destroyed? When home is a planet in a star system that's gone missing? When home means working for the destroyers of galaxies? When home is a spaceship that's calling out to the enemy? Cantra 'yos Phelium isn't a quitter, but she has more than a little problem: the Enemy has accelerated its attacks and how do you fight an Enemy whose major form of attack is the de-crystallization of everything around itself? A smuggler with a rogue soldier for a co-pilot, and a tree with an attitude for crew, Cantra's the only one who can get close to the man who holds equations that just might thwart the Enemy. All she has to do is help a young pilot from a missing world; juggle a slippery promise she never quite made to a pair of wizards; and then forget who she is along with everything - and everyone - she's ever known. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good, but not excellent, continuationThe second novel in the Crystal duology nicely completes the story started in Crystal Soldier. There are some odd moments where things don't quite mesh, but in general the story hangs together. It's a "must-read" for Liaden fans because of the background it brings to that universe. In that respect it is similar to Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsdawn, although I believe the writing is superior. If there are any fan's of Jo Clayton's Skeen series (Skeen's Leap, Skeen's Return), then the female ... Read More Rating: - Challenging, Intriguing Some of the criticisms found in other reviews of this book are justified, but as a whole, Crystal Dragon is a worthwhile entry in the Liaden Universe series. It continues the story begun in Crystal Soldier, and lays the groundwork for the books set at a later date (Local Custom, Scout's Progress, Conflict of Honors, etc.). It's important to note that Crystal Soldier and Crystal Dragon actually are among the last of the books written for this series. I would recommend reading them in order of publication ... Read More Rating:  - Good characterizations, dreadful science magicBook one of this set was very good and satisfying except the annoying hick/backwoods grammar of the heroine. This one had the same and other wonderful characters, but sadly half the book was nonsensical gobbledygook nonsense stuff that made no sense and totally distracted from both the book and the story. As a supposed background to the rest of the Liaden Universe, it falls flat on its face. Frankly, one might find more sense in A Clockwork Orange than the incoherent mutterings being passed off as the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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