Damia's Children

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Summary: A truly delightful book...one of Anne's best!
Review: Although I have read many of Anne's novels, Damia's Children truly captured my imagination and interest. The book opens leasurely, some years after its predecessor, the book Damia. The beautifully written openings describe in great detail the individual characters of Damia's Talented children, but it foreshadows the menace the reader expects. And true to its promises, the book plunges into an exciting expedition where the combined fleets of both the Human and Mrdini species track down the home world of their decades-old enemies, the Hive. But this book is not just about space-battles and "star wars". The reader witnesses the growing-up and maturing of Damia's four eldest children, and we even see glimpses of characters that one would expect to be obsolete: the Rowan, Isthia Raven, and the rest of Damia's children's predecessors who played such a large part in previous books. The book is definitely, without a doubt, a must-read, especially if you have read the previous two books, The Rowan and Damia..

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Summary: Another exciting page-turner!
Review: Anne McCaffrey continues her excellent writing style. I have always been hard-pressed to put down one of her books, and this one is no different. Damia's four oldest children not only battle the invader aliens, but they also fight the normal battles that any teenager has. Wonderful to see the legacy being fostered in the newest generation

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Summary: Damia's children
Review: Anne McCaffrey has done it again! Another great book. It follows the story of Damia's 4 eldist children, Laria, Isthian, Rojer and Zara. In my opinan the best parts are when Laria gose to Cleaf and when Isthian is attacked

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Summary: If I could I would give "Damia's Children" higher than a 5
Review: Damia's Children is a wonderful follow up to The Rowan and Damia. This is a wonderful series. Anne McCaffrey is a gifted writer and I love reading about telekentics and the things they do. The hive creatures are very strange and the way Zara reacts to the captured queen is awesome. I thought for sure the queen was going to eat Zara, but instead she seemed to not even really know she was there. The Rowan and all the others in this series are definately page turners from page 1 to the end. One just can't wait to get to the next page or the next book in the series. I am starting Lyon's Pride now and can't wait to see how that turns out. THanks to Anne for wonderful reading. Joy Jenkins

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Summary: THIS IS HER BEST SERIES!
Review: DAMIA'S CHILDREN IS ONE IN ANNE MCCAFFREY'S BEST SERIES. I HOPE SHE CONTINUES TO WRITE ABOUT THEM.

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Summary: Mushy, spotty plot with unoriginal characters
Review: Disappointing story about Damia's children and their "great" exploits. The story tries to cover as much time and action as possible in as few a words as possible creating a disjointed and thin plot. It's even a bit hard to follow there are so many gaps; not one of McCaffrey's better works. And the anti-racial discrimination theme was tired and trite, a pale facsimile to Orson Scott Card's Ender series which is much better written and a bit more provocative. Too bad. It had potential.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: I absolutely love Anne McCaffrey and have read all of her books. I would have given this book five stars but i think that the books before this, The Rowan and Damia, were unbeatable so I couldn't rate this one as equal. I love the whole telekinesis idea. This book continues with the Primes moving stuff from planet to planet with telikinesis, only it follows Damia's children. A reader should definately read The Rowan and then Damia before reading this book.

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Summary: An EXCELLENT BOOK. Need I say more?
Review: I admit that I read this book before The Rowan, or Damia, but I'm sure that it's not going to make any differene on how I'll think of the series. This book is what started me off with Sci Fi. I'm going to buy the whole series when I get the chance! Thanx, Anne!!!

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I expected more after reading The Rowan and Damia. I think the novel could have been much improved if it had again focused on the viewpoint of one main character, as was done in The Rowan and in most of Damia. This would have alleviated the problem of too many jumps in plotline with too little elaboration. The characters seemed flat as well. I found it boring, and very disappointing.

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Summary: The best sci-fi book I ever read
Review: I have read the whole series from The Rowan to Lyon's Pride, and I simply have to say that it is simple the best. I suggest them to all of my friends.