Killashandra

Anne McCaffrey

ISBN 10: 0345315995 / ISBN 13: 9780345315991

Published by Del Rey, 1985

About this Item

First edition. Dust jacket is in excellent condition, with raised letters; now in new removable protective cover. Blue boards with gilt printing on blue cloth covered spine. Pages are clean and unmarked, with deckle edges. Del Rey hard cover with dust jacket, first edition December 1985 (stated), first printing, complete number line. ISBN: 9780345315991, 303 pages, cover art by Michael Whelan. 8vo (5.75" x 8.5") Second in series, preceded by The Crystal Singer, and followed by Crystal Line.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Killashandra
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345315995
• ISBN 13: 9780345315991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Michael Whelan
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • science fiction/fantasy
  • first editions

About this title

Synopsis

Killashandra Ree, a member of the Heptite Guild, travels to Optheria to replace and tune a famous organ's crystals, but is kidnapped by rebel forces

Reviews

YA Crystal singer Killashandra Ree is desperate to get off the crystal-mining planet of Ballybran, so she takes what at first sounds like a routine assignment replacing a shattered crystal in the main Sensory Organ on planet Optheria. While she is there she is also to find out why Optherians never leave the planet. She is kidnapped and marooned on an isolated island, but escapes, only to encounter her handsome kidnapper Lars Dahl, with whom she eventually falls in love. From Lars she discovers that the Optherian Sensory Organ is not only a musical instrument, but that it also uses subliminal suggestion to keep Optherians from wanting to leave their planet or oppose the planet's rulers. Together they plan sabotage. In this sequel to Crystal Singer (Ballantine, 1982), McCaffrey returns to the more romantic vein of her dragon novels. Killashandra is bratty, feisty and independent. Lars is big and lovable, sometimes shrewd, sometimes simple. They make an unlikely and not always convincing pair. Otherwise, the book is a satisfying adventure for those who like their science fiction spiced with humor. Betsy Shorb, PGCMLS, Md.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This sequel to McCaffrey's Crystal Singer continues the story of Killashandra Ree, a failed musician whose perfect pitch has given her entree to the glamorous but dangerous profession of mining and cutting rare, valuable crystal. She is grateful for a new assignment that takes her off the oppressive crystal world of Ballybran, but when she arrives on Optheria to replace and tune the crystals of a famous organ, she steps into a new adventure. Abducted by the very subversives she had been trying to help, she eventually falls in love with one of her kidnappers and manages to uncover the Optherian Elders' subliminal brainwashing that had held the population captive and docile. Although the novel only comes alive during Killashandra's life in the islands, McCaffrey's many fans should enjoy this romantic adventure. Major ad/promo. December 2
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