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Original Title:	Dragon's Kin (The Dragonriders of Pern)
ISBN:	0345462009 (ISBN13: 9780345462008)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Pern #17, Pern (Chronological Order) #4

Dragon's Kin (Pern #17)

Anne McCaffrey

Paperback | Pages: 298 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 9342 Users | 239 Reviews

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Title	:	Dragon's Kin (Pern #17)
Author	:	Anne McCaffrey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 298 pages
Published	:	December 28th 2004 by Del Rey (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dragons. Fiction

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Beginning with the classic Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne’s imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction’s most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son, Todd.

DRAGON’S KIN

Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great Holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization. Mining is fraught with danger. Fortunately, the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts. Kindan’s father is the watch-wher’s handler, and his son sometimes helps him out. But even that important job promises no opportunity outside the mine.

Then disaster strikes. In one terrible instant, Kindan loses his family and the camp loses its watch-wher. Fathers are replaced by sons in the mine–except for Kindan, who is taken in by the camp’s new Harper. Grieving, Kindan finds a measure of solace in a burgeoning musical talent . . . and in a new friendship with Nuella, a mysterious girl no one seems to know exists. It is Nuella who assists Kindan when he is selected to hatch and train a new watch-wher, a job that forces him to give up his dream of becoming a Harper; and it is Nuella who helps him give new meaning to his life.

Meanwhile, sparked by the tragedy, long-simmering tensions are dividing the camp. Far below the surface, a group of resentful miners hides a deadly secret. As warring factions threaten to explode, Nuella and Kindan begin to discover unknown talents in the misunderstood watch-wher–talents that could very well save an entire Hold. During their time teaching the watch-wher, the two learn some things themselves: that even a seemingly impossible dream is never completely out of reach . . . and that light can be found even in darkness.


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Love this series of books. It's one of my all time favourites. I decided to re-read the entire Dragonriders of Pern series and over the past couple of months, I have been working my way through them all. Anne McCaffrey has such a wonderful, boundless imagination and such a vivid and descriptive style, her stories transport the reader into the fantastic world that she created and sweeps you up on the breathtaking adventures. Spellbinding!

Sometimes a person has to do with what they can afford and/or find at the time. Found, at the library the hardback and the audio CDs of this book available at the same time! Score! And I own the next four hardbacks waiting for me on my own bookshelves. Problem with those is I don't have the audio/Audible versions to help me out. So it may take a while until I can read them.Meanwhile, I had a lot of fun reading/listening to this. Dick Hill did the narration. And I think he did a better job acting

BOOK REVIEW By Jill Smith © April 2008Do you have a favorite author? I do. Anne McCaffrey has been a staple reading diet of mine since my teens. My all time read and re-read titles being The Ship Who Sang, Decision at Doona and Restoree. As Science Fiction/Fantasy authors go she is a classic, and now her son is following in her footsteps. I thought this was a recent release but find on my search of The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey website that it was released in 2003.Returning to the world Anne

Dragon's Kin kicks off at the end of the Second Parse on Pern at the new mining camp of Natalon where the main POV characters of Kinden and Neulla are their with their parents! :D The story follows these two characters as they negotiate the day to day running of things at the new settlement! :D Thrown into this are the presence of Watch-Wher's who are helping with mining operations! :DDragon's Kin is in many ways a coming of age story much like books like Dragons, The Belgariad etc and this

So awesome!!!!!I am not going to be able to forget this one for a long time!! I have had started this book as a paper back a few years ago and I never got the chance to finish it. Also this is the first time I have ever read a book by Anne and Todd!!! I am very satisfied with this one instead and I can't wait to read some more from Todd!!!!

Love this series of books. It's one of my all time favourites. I decided to re-read the entire Dragonriders of Pern series and over the past couple of months, I have been working my way through them all. Anne McCaffrey has such a wonderful, boundless imagination and such a vivid and descriptive style, her stories transport the reader into the fantastic world that she created and sweeps you up on the breathtaking adventures. Spellbinding!

Going into this book, which I had not read before, I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. It wasn't about Dragons, instead it was about the watch-whers. I had always found them interesting, but wasn't sure that a book that was all about them would be enticing. Boy was I wrong. Kindan and Nuella were the main characters in this story. Kindan lost his father and brothers in a disaster at the mine early on. Later, he was chosen to hatch a new watch-wher. This book focuses on him wanting to become