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Planet Wolf #2
Conflict and Courage
The Planet Wolf Volume 2 - The colonists and their telepathic, wolf-like friends have survived their first battle. Those life-bonded have dedicated their lives to the defence of the free north. The southern armies are reeling from their defeat and Aoalvaldr, the disgraced enemy commander, has vowed revenge. What dangers lurk beyond the horizon? Another battle, another war? PLANET WOLF(1) Wolves and War - (2) Conflict and Courage - (3) Homage and Honour - (4) Dragons and Destiny - (5) Valour and Victory - (6) Ambition and Alavidha - (7) Paws and Planets - (8) Tales and TailsDRAGON WULF(1) Journey and Jeopardy - (2) Gossamer and Grass - (3) Flames and FreedomFLYING COLOURS(1) Rascals and Renegades - (2) Outlaws and Overlords - (3) Sparkles and Sphinxes (forthcoming)T’QUEL MAGIC(1) Ephemeral Boundary - (2) Enduring Barrier - (3) Eternal BulwarkMULTIVERSE MUDDLE (forthcoming)(1) Vampyre Crypt - (2) Faie Castle - (3) Shadow Cave - (4) Demon CitadelSAMMY THE CAT(1) Cat in Charge - (2) Cat at Christmas - (3) Dog not in ChargeKILL BY CURE
- GenresScience Fiction
382 pages, Paperback
First published August 17, 2010
About the author
Candy Rae
50 books23 followersCandy lives in Ayrshire, Scotland with her family and two four year old cats who still believe they are kittens. She adores fantasy fiction, especially the non-magical kind. It was her lifelong ambition to write a novel; now she has written eight and is working on an ninth.
She has a history degree, works in accountancy but would like to write full-time.
She loves cats, hates going away on holiday and when she is not writing or working she designs and makes tapestry wall hangings.
She has a history degree, works in accountancy but would like to write full-time.
She loves cats, hates going away on holiday and when she is not writing or working she designs and makes tapestry wall hangings.
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July 15, 2012
I'm not going to place a spoilers warning on this review simply because the only people who'll probably be 'spoiled' are those who've read the Pern series, and they might like to know what's coming. But stop reading if you don't want to be 'cheated.'
This could've been a very good book, but, for reasons known only to her, instead of having a sort of 'flavor' of Pern, Rae decided to raid Anne McCaffrey's work outright. In the worst of these instances, there's a plot that's taken almost verbatim from Dragonseye (the girl denied her chance to impress) for no particular reason that I can see (it does little or nothing to develop the plot of this novel), and there are other somewhat less heavy-handed pilferings as well.
It's a shame, because the most interesting parts of the novel (those that kept me reading, by the way) have little to do with Pern and could stand more developing. How paired people negotiate marriages with non-paired people is never delved into, nor are many situations included as an afterthought at the tail-end of the book. Argylian/Vadath relations are very different from anything found on Pern, where the dragonriders are by necessity and custom isolated, and more investigation of how the non-integrated humans get along with those who accept the Lind would be very interesting. So, too, would a deeper look at Larg society and at it's troubles. But for the most part, Rae skims over these.
I hope that Rae is less derivative in the next installment in this series, but I do wonder if it's worth finding out. After all. I already own most of the Pern books.
This could've been a very good book, but, for reasons known only to her, instead of having a sort of 'flavor' of Pern, Rae decided to raid Anne McCaffrey's work outright. In the worst of these instances, there's a plot that's taken almost verbatim from Dragonseye (the girl denied her chance to impress) for no particular reason that I can see (it does little or nothing to develop the plot of this novel), and there are other somewhat less heavy-handed pilferings as well.
It's a shame, because the most interesting parts of the novel (those that kept me reading, by the way) have little to do with Pern and could stand more developing. How paired people negotiate marriages with non-paired people is never delved into, nor are many situations included as an afterthought at the tail-end of the book. Argylian/Vadath relations are very different from anything found on Pern, where the dragonriders are by necessity and custom isolated, and more investigation of how the non-integrated humans get along with those who accept the Lind would be very interesting. So, too, would a deeper look at Larg society and at it's troubles. But for the most part, Rae skims over these.
I hope that Rae is less derivative in the next installment in this series, but I do wonder if it's worth finding out. After all. I already own most of the Pern books.
May 28, 2013
Having read the first book, and totally enjoying it, I eagerly bought the second book.
I was surprised to find that, rather than continuing with the characters I'd already gotten to know, this book picked up a few generations later. The people of the first book were long dead, memorialized and mentioned, but that was about it.
Honestly, I was disappointed in this. Usually in trilogies, you expect to follow your characters along a longer timeline, really getting to know them, etc.
What made it worse was that I really didn't care for the entirely new direction it took in a number of areas. I read through this one and enjoyed it a bit, but not nearly as much as the first book; certainly not enough that I wanted to read the third which did the same thing again.
I was surprised to find that, rather than continuing with the characters I'd already gotten to know, this book picked up a few generations later. The people of the first book were long dead, memorialized and mentioned, but that was about it.
Honestly, I was disappointed in this. Usually in trilogies, you expect to follow your characters along a longer timeline, really getting to know them, etc.
What made it worse was that I really didn't care for the entirely new direction it took in a number of areas. I read through this one and enjoyed it a bit, but not nearly as much as the first book; certainly not enough that I wanted to read the third which did the same thing again.
January 5, 2013
Just as good as the first, it just took me a few days to read due to work christmas and new year.
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