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''Damia's Children'' is a 1993
science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
novel by American writer
Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...
, forming part of the ''Talent'' series. ''Damia's Children'' forms a two-part story with the novel '' Lyon's Pride''.


Plot

Humanity has found a new ally in their ongoing war against the Beetle Hive, a tenacious species called the Mrdini. In order to better understand each other, some humans and 'Dinis are raised together from childhood; one such family are the children of Damia and Afra Lyon, powerful psychic Talents of the Raven-Lyon clan who form the backbone of humanity's teleportation network. The two species' common enemy, the expansionist Beetle aliens, are once again encroaching on inhabited territory, necessitating that despite their youth, Damia's Children must become the last line of defense for both Human and 'Dini. ''Damia's Children'' tells the first half of a story which is continued in '' Lyon's Pride''.


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* 1993 science fiction novels Novels by Anne McCaffrey To Ride Pegasus 1993 American novels Fictional telepaths Ace Books books {{1990s-sf-novel-stub