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Red Star Rising

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Jilly Bond
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After two hundred years of peace something on Pern is shifting - changing weather patterns and volcanic eruptions herald the second Pass of Thread, the hideous scourge that threatens all life on the planet.

As the Weyrs and Holds prepare for the first pass since the loss of Landing and the knowledge of their ancestors, one Lord Holder is refusing to co-operate - denying the existing in thread and damning his people to ignorance and, ultimately, death.

With the first fall on the horizon, his fellow Weyrleaders and Lord Holders must find a way to bring him into line and make sure the planet is safe.

©2012 Anne McCaffrey (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited Adventure Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Mythology
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I love the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. I've read the physical books through multiple times both by publishing order and chronologically in-world order. I have listened to several of the Pern books and am thrilled to see Audible adding books from the earliest time of Pern. I was sadly disappointed that this narrator has chosen to read the male voices by lowering her natural voice. This resulted in about 20% of the male dialogue being unintelligible. I kept missing key words and phrases. Who was coming? What was decided? And even being familiar with the story did not assist in filling in the gaps. I had to return the book as unlistenable after about 20 minutes. Very disappointed.

I found the male characters hard to understand.

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As with all of Anne McCaffrey’s books, this was a great story. It is also one I had not yet read, as a teenager/young adult, when I first found them in my high school library. It filled the information/story gap between Landing (1st fall) & Moreta’s story showing how the Pernese gradually lost access to technology & retreated to the low tech levels of Dragonflight. I’m happy it was unabridged & would love to be able to listen to ALL of Anne’s books unabridged, as there are few of her series I haven’t enjoyed in hard copy.

Another great listen

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I loved every thing in this book. Thank you for a fantastic journey to the world of Pern.

Red Star Rising.

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