Dragon's Code
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A new hero emerges in a divided world as one of sci-fi’s most beloved series—Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern—relaunches with this original adventure from Anne’s daughter, Gigi McCaffrey. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series, Gigi does her mother proud, adding to the family tradition of spinning unputdownable tales that recount the adventures of the brave inhabitants of a distant planet who battle the pitiless adversary known as Thread. The last time Thread attacked Pern, the world was unprepared for the fight—until the Oldtimers appeared. These courageous dragonriders arrived from the past, traveling four hundred years to help their descendants survive. But the collision of past and present took its toll. While most of the displaced rescuers adapted to their new reality, others could not abide the jarring change and found themselves in soul-crushing exile, where unhappiness and resentment seethed. Piemur, a journeyman harper, also feels displaced, cast adrift by the loss of his spectacular boyhood voice and uncertain of his future. But when the Masterharper of Pern sees promise in the young man and sends him undercover among the exiled Oldtimers, Piemur senses the looming catastrophe that threatens the balance of power between the Weyrs and Holds of Pern. When the unthinkable happens, Piemur must rise to the challenge to avert disaster and restore honor to the dragons and dragonriders of Pern. Because now, in a world already beset by Thread, another, more insidious danger looms: For the first time in living memory, dragons may be on the verge of fighting dragons.
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Fans of Anne McCaffrey's original series should really enjoy this new book! Of course, anyone hoping to read this installment should read the previous books (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums) first in order to understand and appreciate this one.
While this story definitely had a different feeling than the original series, it reminds me a lot of the previous books in a good way. This book was written by Anne McCaffrey's daughter, Gigi. I think Gigi really had a good grasp of her mother's world, but you can tell in the reading that her writing style and storytelling is not the same. Gigi's storytelling is a bit less emotional, and her portrayal of the original characters was a bit off for me (but I still liked it).
Overall, I liked this new addition, and I am interested to see where Gigi McCaffrey will go next with her writing.
(Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley)
I hate that this book was in Audible's Fantasy list included with the Premium Plus subscription and that just by looking over the names of books on the list I didn't see right away that this was book 24 (!!) in the series.
It was just halfway through the book that I went and looked into it's page in more detail and realized this.
That being said, the book did a great job of getting me to know and understand the world in a short time so I didn't feel as lost as I probably should have. Worldbuilding was explained very quickly but very effectively in the very beggining.
Apart from that, though, it suffered from me not being into the universe, and the reading was a bit difficult to keep up with at times.
I'm sure I would've enjoyed it better if I had read the previous 23....
I'm not putting a rating to this book because it's unfair to review a book you didn't finish. The fact I didn't complete it should speak volumes on its own.
I commend Anne McCaffrey's children's efforts in their attempt to continue her work, but it simply isn't, and never will be, the same without her.
