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Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey is the author of the classic science fiction novel Dragonflight. Her work often explores themes of fantasy and science fiction, and she also contributed to educational literature with Prentice Hall Literature--Silver.
Killashandra
Synopsis
Deep in debt to the Heptite Guild and desperate to escape Ballybran before the season's deadly sonic storms, Killashandra Ree accepts an assignment from the Guildmaster: travel to the reclusive, music-obsessed planet Optheria and repair a damaged crystal-powered organ before its centennial Music Festival. Officially she is there to fix an instrument; unofficially, the Guild wants to know why the citizens of this seemingly perfect world never want to leave. After she is kidnapped and marooned on an island, Killashandra discovers the organ was deliberately sabotaged, and that Optherian officials are using its subliminal frequencies to brainwash their own people. Working with the rebel Lars Dahl, with whom she falls in love, she disables the illicit signal and exposes the conspiracy, though the mission separates the two lovers until a retrial, based on their island marriage, reunites them.
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Characters
Killashandra ReeProtagonist
A Crystal Singer of the Heptite Guild sent to Optheria to repair a sabotaged crystal-powered organ.
Lars DahlSupporting
An Optherian rebel conspirator who falls in love with Killashandra while working to expose his planet's illegal use of the crystal organ.
LanzeckiSupporting
Guild Master of the Heptite Guild, who sends Killashandra on the Optheria assignment.
Frequently asked questions
Where does Killashandra fit in the Crystal Singer series?
Killashandra is the second book in Anne McCaffrey's Crystal Singer trilogy, following Crystal Singer (1982) and preceding Crystal Line (1992). It continues Killashandra Ree's story as a Crystal Singer of the Heptite Guild.