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Dragon's Fire
- Dragonriders of Pern, Book 18
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their parents' crimes, these children have inherited their cruel punishment. Lack of food, shelter, and clothes is their lot; hope is unknown to them. And what future would they hope for? Without a hold to call their own, there will be no protection for them when the lethal Thread inevitably falls again.
Life is particularly tough for Halla. Her family gone, she must fend for herself. Yet despite the brutality of her surroundings, Halla is kind and gentle, devoted to those more helpless than she.
As depraved as Halla is good, Tenim is in league with Tarik, a crooked miner from Camp Natalon, who helps him steal coal in exchange for a cut of the profit. But Tenim soon realizes there is a lot more to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn Thread out of the sky. Tenim doesn't care what he has to do, or whom he has to kill, in order to corner the market.
Cristov is Tarik's son. Dishonored by his father's treachery, the boy feels he must make amends, even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile firestone, which detonates on contact with the slightest drop of moisture.
When the last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage, and only Pellar, Halla, and Cristov can stop him - and ensure that there will be a future for all on the world of the Dr...
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Barry
- 04-03-11
Something missing
As a long-time Pern fan, I was eager to listen to these latest works.
While there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the story, and the narration is very good, I didn't feel the connection to the characters that I did with previous works. Having recently listened to the Harper Hall trilogy (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong and Dragondrums) the difference is very noticeable.
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- Colin A. Mcgee
- 30-06-13
Revisiting Pern
Would you listen to Dragon's Fire again? Why?
I enjoyed the story and characterisation of the characters.I enjoy spending time on Pern.
What other book might you compare Dragon's Fire to, and why?
It reminded me of other Pern stories.
What does Dick Hill bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Dick Hill's enjoyable voice acting creates a good atmosphere and its easy to forget that I was listening to the story.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I could get immersed in the story and simply drift along with it. Its too long for one sitting however its easy to pop back into the Pern world.
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- M. C
- 09-07-22
favourite books
I absolutely love the Pern stories. I discovered them many years ago I have all hard back books but am still really enjoying listening to them, the narrator is very good
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- Little_L
- 20-04-15
really hard to get into.
not the most easy to listen to narrator and I struggled my way through this. I kind of enjoyed the story but after loving other stories of Pern so much this pales into the background
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- tia reilly
- 18-05-19
compassion
wow I loved this story. the youngsters all of them grew up quickly, such sadness followed by great
hope, full of warmth, terrible fear and ultimate joy, the story was Ann McCartney at her best it came to life in my minds eye. I can see all the different characters and how they blend seamlessly into the story. I wanted to find out what was going to happen and wanted it to carry on. if possible TODD can you build on fire hold and the amazing dragons more fire dragons for the new hold would be great how the children did? will the dragons get through the next thread fall? does the new fire stone really work well? could go on its such a wonderful start. And finish!!!
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