Crystal Line
"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."LOCUSWhen Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain,...
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"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession."LOCUSWhen Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life...and gradual loss of memory. What she hadn't counted on was the loneliness she felt when her heart still remembered what her mind had forgotten. Fortunately, someone still cared enough to try to salvage what was left of Killashandra's mind. But she would have to learn to open herself--to another person, and to all her unpleasant memories.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345384911 (0345384911)
ASIN: 345384911
Publish date: March 22nd 1993
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Crystal Singer (#3)
A good story ruined by profanity and sexual content. I'm not sure why Anne McCaffrey felt like she had to make Killashandra be promiscuous; that's something that belongs in soap operas and badly made Hollywood movies, not quality science fiction novels.
I enjoy M/M romantic fiction with sheer delight. Firstly, the non-availability of this genre in the neighborhood bookstores creates an aura of childlike excitement around the needed procurement. Secondly, it is neither the clichéd comforting candied fiction nor some rousing pornographic ventures. (G...
Stunning conclusion to Killashandra Ree. I liked this one as we see her losing her grip and becoming like all the other crystal singers she used to rip on. Her loss of memory disturbed me. Her callousness depressed me. When a chance encounter with a sentient rock "jolts" her back, it's like she'...