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Dragonheart (2008)

by Todd J. McCaffrey(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0345491149 (ISBN13: 9780345491145)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Del Rey Books

series

Pern (Publication Order)

review 1: This book is about a young girl named Fiona, the only surviving offspring of Lord Bemin at Fort Hold and how she grows and matures into becoming a Weyrwoman. Fiona and her father attend the hatching grounds to see the new candidates impress the new hatching dragons. One of the eggs is a gold queen, the most powerful of all the dragons and to everyone's surprise the infant queen heads toward the stands instead of the remaining candidates. With double surprise the queen chooses Fiona and she impresses the queen. From that moment on Fiona becomes a Weyrwoman of Pern. She now has lots of responsibilities taking care of her queen dragon, Talenth plus more.The fire lizards have attracted a sickness and to protect the dragons, all the fire lizards were sent to the southern contin... moreent. Despite their efforts, some of the dragons get sick. They try to cure the sickness but to no avail. Several dragons become lost because of the sickness and either die or go between with their riders. Fiona comforts the riders the best she can.Thread, a non sentient organism that appears as silver threads that every 250 turns or so, rain down on Pern and it is about to start it's 50 turn pass. Thread causes severe damage to anything organic that touches it. When it does fall, the dragon riders panic when they realize there are not enough dragons to fight it. It was concluded that they needed more time for the wounded to heal so a group go between to 10 turns in the past and they set a date to return in 3 days their present time. Fiona and Talenth, though technically to young to attempt to go between, end up going with the group with the aid of a mysterious queen rider. Fiona then sets up a string of events that are crucial to her future that end up helping a lot of Holds and Weyrs in her time. Once she and the group have settled in she starts training also. It ends with her group returning to their present.This book was a plot developing novel. It really grabs your attention on how Fionna handles herself under intense situations but it stops abruptly. You want to know how they handle the next thread falls. Also near the end since Fiona becomes a teenager, there is some teenage drama that I think didn't need to be added. It distracts you from their real purpose for being there and some scenes were not necessary, it could be just taken out.
review 2: Todd can't write the way his mother, Anne McCaffrey. His book is integrating, but not the same. It's kind of a let down. Fiona, a newly impressed, teen, is unbelievable as a teen. Todd keeps trying to remind us she was raised to be a leader, but still teens are never that level headed. Her friend, an eleven year old decides to become sexually active, and she herself seduces a thirty-something year old. Anne McCaffrey always had a theme of a girl overcoming surmountable odds. Todd doesn't quite get it. Fiona had her whole family die in the sickness, but she isn't damaged from it. She is a well adjusted, smarter than her years, and emotional very stable. I think if Todd continues he needs to write from his own angle. He needs to have his own themes rather than attempt to write without his mother's insights. I'm sure he has insights of his own to share and build upon, this would make his books unique and worth the read. less

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