Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!pesnta!pyramid!ut-sally!topaz!caip!daemon From: NEFF@SU-SIERRA.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: New McCaffrey Message-ID: <1211@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 23:53:39 EST Article-I.D.: caip.1211 Posted: Wed Feb 5 23:53:39 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Feb-86 20:09:34 EST Sender: daemon@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 From: Randall B. Neff From Publishers Weekly, Jan 31, 1986 page 366 Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure Anne McCaffrey, illustrated by Edwin Herder Ballentine/Del Rey 12.95 March 21 The latest of McCaffrey's romantic Pern novels expands on the tale of a minor character in Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. Young Merilka is considered unattractive and overly serious in her own hold, where her preemptory father installs his mistress immediately after his wife's death. Angry and frustrated, Nerilka uses her medical training and her access to the supplies her father is hoarding to help combat the plague sweeping Pern, which has already claimed her mother and sisters. Inevitably, her work with the Healers leads her to Ruatha Hold, whose rugged widower chief, Lord Alessan, sees her worth and marries her. In form, this is basically a Victorian gothic in which a governess tames and marries the gruff master of the house. As such, McCaffrey's legions of fans should enjoy it, but it is a weak entry in the Pern saga. -------