Damia
Written by Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by Jean Reed Bahle
4/5
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About this audiobook
The Rowan was one of the greatest telepaths ever born, treasured by the people she saved from alien invasion—and loved by a young man who never hoped to win her heart. In spite of his feelings, Afra remained loyal to the Rowan. He stayed by her side and helped to raise her Talented daughter, Damia. Now years later, Damia is a full-grown Talent of great power. Terrible alien voices echo within her mind. And a wondrous new feeling for Afra is growing within her heart.…
In a universe under seige, only one thing can defeat the power of fear: the power of love.
Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey, a multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner, was one of the world's most beloved and bestselling science fiction and fantasy writers. She is known for her hugely successful Dragonriders of Pern books, as well as the fantasy series that she cowrote with Elizabeth A. Scarborough that began with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.
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Reviews for Damia
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This book is told through the POV of the man who babysits, befriends and eventually has babies with Damia, the Rowan's psychic daughter. Boring as only McCaffrey can manage.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Exactly as I remember it. Love the narrator. Her voice is amazing.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I liked this one, but the romance in it made it kind of squicky. I don't remember being bothered by it when I was a teenager, but the idea of the romantic interest standing in loco parentis for the heroine was icky. Even if the actual romance didn't show up until she was an adult.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The actual sci-fi plot was moderately interesting although a bit oddly paced. I especially didn't need as much longwinded rehashing of the plot of the prequel as I got.
The romance was the type I hate most! A teenage girl and a 40 year old man who used to babysit her? He's really gross about it too, although I get the impression that McCaffrey thinks it's romantic, which frankly just makes it worse. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A pleasant re-read of an old favorite, this book is much as I remember it. As much as it is classified as Sci-Fi, it is at its core a romance (remove the romance from the center of the story and the rest falls apart). The setting, which is in truth more Science Fantasy then Science Fiction, is just that, a backdrop to the developing relationship between Afra Lion, the Rowan's 2IC, and Damia, the Rowan's daughter. To spite the difference in their ages, there is never the sense of unhealthy power dynamics between them. As with much of McCaffrey's writing, the relationship is not particularly complicated, and resolves fairly quickly. A good book in a good series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Damia Gwyn-Raven is the third child of Jeff Raven and The Rowan. Unlike her older brother and sister, Damia is a handful. When The Rowan is pregnant for a fourth time and the pregnancy is not going well and after several shenangians by Damia it is decided that raising Damia on Callisto Station is not a good idea, so she, Jeran and Cera go to live with their paternal grandmother, Isthia, on Deneb VIII. There Damia thrives and grows into a young woman. After a lot of training she takes over as Aurigae Prime and lives a lonely life until she senses a brilliant mind light years away. Will Soran be the one to ease her loneliness?This book starts out with Afra Lyon, his childhood and how he came to work in Callisto Tower as the Second in Charge to The Rowan giving us excellent insight into his life. While I truly enjoyed this book, Damia is not one of my favorite characters until the end. I found her to be self-centered, selfish and really not very likeable. It takes a terrible tragedy to finally mature her even though she should have matured years before. The ending is a nice surprise and leaves plenty of fodder for the next book in the series. My reread was every bit as enjoyable this go ‘round even though it’s been about 20 years since I read it.*Book source ~ My home library.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From when she was very young Damia had a lot of power. So much that it became almost essential that she leave home to live with her grandmother and discover how to control her powers. She comes into contact with aliens and discovers treachery, but there's also love.I do have some problems with father figures or almost father figures becoming romantic figures, it's an almost deal-breaker, particularly when he uses a post-hypnotic suggestion, implanted when she was very young to send her to sleep when she's an adult "for her own good".Not my favourite of hers, not a bad story overall, but more joined short stories than an actual full novel.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sequel to "The Rowan": in some ways I enjoyed this more than the original. I especially like some of the secondary characters in this series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Damia is the Rowan's most difficult child, because Damia is the one who took after her mother. Ouch. Against the backdrop of a widely spread galactic civilization, McCaffrey illustrates how loneliness can be inherited. People do foolish, destructive things if they think it might free them of that particular burden.Damia grows up, and she is very likely more powerful a telepath than either of her parents. She is given enormous responsibility at an extremely young age due to the increasing demands of the ever expanding colonies and the need to utilize every prime-rated telepath available. Between this highly volatile situation and Damia's intense need for love, the stage is set for action and dramatic conflict of a high order.I really enjoyed this book, with its high emotional stakes as well as a truly frightening antagonist.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I adored this book when I was in my early teens, and reread it so many times my copy is rather beat-up. It was, by far, my favorite in the Talents series. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold up well as an adult. While Afra is still one of my favorite McCaffrey characters, Damia is a complete brat, and the book suffers from some of McCaffrey's... interesting sex and sibling issues. The vague undertones of incest, the disturbing marrying someone who was an authority figure in your childhood, etc. While, if I recall correctly, this particularly McCaffrey novel doesn't have the rape featured in so many others, most of her other issues are clearly on display. Of course, if you've read any McCaffrey, you already know what you're getting into on that score.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Damia is the second book in the Tower and Hive series and the 3rd child of 'The Rowan' and Jeff Raven. The first 3rd of the book over laps the time line of 'The Rowan' from the perspective of Afra Lyon. This book was mostly about a 'Talented' girl growing up into a woman and many of the choices she made and the consequences of those choices. with a double finale at the end to lead into book 3 'Damia's children'. This was an easy light book, once again very light on the Sci-Fi, but overall fun if predicable.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Damia is a favorite from my preteen years. Yes, it is horribly cheesy and the science fiction is weak at best, but there is something endearing about the style and the loving detail to the charchter's childhoods.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Continuation of really bad series. Don't bother...I don't know why I did.