Dragon Harper

It was just okay…I really loved about half of the books in the Pern series and the rest were just okay for me. This one was just okay. I really liked a lot of the characters. It just didn’t have the same feel as say, Dragonflight or Dragonquest. It’s just starting to get stretched too thin.

That, and the fact that we already had a plague of flu in Moreta and just two books earlier a plague of something flu-like that effected the dragons rather than people in Dragon’s Blood. The third time plague was the theme started to feel like time to let it go. Either find some new dramatic catalyst for your story, or don’t write another one!

For me, this has been emotionally the hardest of the Series to read so far. It begins with a tragedy leading to the start of character development in a small boy, Kindan. Through an increasing series of more challenging difficulties, without realizing it, he is being prepared to face the most difficult challenge of his life: one that threatens all of PERN.

This story brought tears of sadness and joy to me, as I read of his adventures in learning accountability, accepting responsibility, and dealing with loss in family, friendship, fellowship, and love. This is a story of how he grew up to be a quiet strong man dedicated to serving others. It represents the making of a true leader.

I cant stop crying. There is a friggin pandemic worse than in Morettas ride. Characters you love, die, like a George R R Martin story. But there are also characters you love that survive unbearable sorrow to help the Halls, Holds and Weyrs find a way to help each other and survive. READ THIS BOOK.

I have just retired and have binged re-reading the Pern series after 30 years. Its so worth it. But had not come across the continuing series by Todd McCaffrey before. Dragon Harper is the third by Todd and while the first two were good, the third is as good as the best his mother ever wrote. Read the Todd books in order

The ending is happy, But only after a lot of sorrow.

DRAGON HARPER stars apprentice harper Kindan. It begins with him standing up for the girl apprentices from bullying by an older apprentice Vaxoram. They fight a duel with the loser becoming a servant to the winner. Kindan wins and is determined to redeem Vaxoram. But events intervene….

A new virulent plague is infesting all of Pern and threatens to kill everyone. The Dragonriders need to stay away from the infected Holds because Pern won’t survive the next Threadfall without the Dragonriders. And it isn’t long before the trusted elders at Harper Hall succumb to it, leaving the fate of Pern in the hands of Kindan and his fellow apprentices.

There is a romance too. Both the Lord Holder’s daughter Koriana and Kindan impress two from a clutch of fire lizards and fall in love. But the Lord Holder isn’t going to let his daughter marry a lowly harper.

This was an entertaining story that makes me eager to read the next book in the Pern series.

The first thing with the time knot books that Todd McCaffrey has written is that they are a tad confusing and difficult to get into. It is hard to tell how much of that is the time traveling concept and how much of that is the writing style of the author. That being said I do like the characters and I got very invested in them and their story. I also got the feeling that Todd was settling into his story and writing style a little better. These books only make sense if you read them all together so as a whole even though some books weren’t my favorite I really liked the whole story line over all and will read it again.

I will read this book again and look forward to other Todd McCaffrey Pern books.

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