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Return to Trinity where Earth had first discovered intelligent life that allowed them admittance into the Cooperative League of Systems. Through friendship and understanding the men and women of StarBridge are forming bonds with the natives. In the skies of Trinity, the birdlike Grus welcome the deaf human ambassador, Tesa. In the seas of Trinity, the aquatic Singers communicate with the young StarBridge student, Jib. But on the surface of Trinity, an alien life form has landed, and these show more amphibious beings from a distant world are definitely not friendly. show lessTags
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This is the most intense Starbridge novel yet. While the other books had tension and mystery, the interactions between the different species always came out right and peaceful in the end. This was the first species written that there was no peace in sight, where as I reader I wasn't sure how things would turn out. I held my breath and read at a frantic pace to find out. Each character's life hung by a thread, each movement and plot twist took my emotions from elation to heartbreak.
And once again, I was impressed by the culture creation. Crispin and O'Malley have an astonishing knack for creating distinct cultures, with their own value systems, social customs, ranks and interactions. Each is believable, with depth and nuance and show more richness. It's amazing.
Over all, this book has an intense pace, with romance, danger, mystery, suspense, growth and realism. I highly recommend this book, although I would start at the beginning of the series - or, at least, read Silent Dances (Starbridge, Book 3) first. This is somewhat of a sequel to that story. show less
And once again, I was impressed by the culture creation. Crispin and O'Malley have an astonishing knack for creating distinct cultures, with their own value systems, social customs, ranks and interactions. Each is believable, with depth and nuance and show more richness. It's amazing.
Over all, this book has an intense pace, with romance, danger, mystery, suspense, growth and realism. I highly recommend this book, although I would start at the beginning of the series - or, at least, read Silent Dances (Starbridge, Book 3) first. This is somewhat of a sequel to that story. show less
Book Five of the Starbridge series
Starbridge Series of 5 volumes. This is the 5th and last
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A. C. Crispin was born in Stamford, Connecticut on April 5, 1950. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Maryland in 1972. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked for the US Census Bureau. Her first novel, Yesterday's Son, was published in 1983 and was part of the Star Trek series. She wrote three show more other Star Trek novels: Time for Yesterday, The Eyes of the Beholders, and Sarek. She wrote V, a novelization of the television miniseries, in 1984 and collaborated on two more books in the V series: East Coast Crisis with Howard Weinstein and Death Tide with Deborah Marshall. She also wrote Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy and The Starbridge Chronicles. Her most recent works include The Exiles of Boq'urain: Storms of Destiny, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom, and Time Horse. She died of cancer on September 6, 2013 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Silent Songs
- Original publication date
- 1994-06
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