Anne McCaffrey has created so many wonderful sci-fi worlds to lose your dreams in and the world of the Chrystal Singers is one of them.
The First volume of the Crystal Singer trilogy is called: “Crystal Singer” and like many of her books started off as a single story but her fans demanded more. We would have liked many more than three but that is all we got.
The focus of this story is a would be opra singer Killashandra Ree Who is told near the end of her studies that she has a bur in her voice that makes her unsuitable for opra. She is floord and angry and storms out of the school seething and not knowing what to do next. She makes it to the space port and meets up with a Crystal Singer named Carrik who on leave. He discovers that she has perfect pitch and would be a candidate for becoming a Crystal Singer herself. Carrik gets ill and she takes him back to Ballybran which is the world of the Crystals that make interstellar communications possible.
The work of the Crystal Singer is dangerous and all who apply must have perfect pitch in order to cut crystal. They are also required to be warrned of the dangers and Killashandra applys anyway and is accepted.
Read this wonderful story and enjoy the adventures of Killashandra Ree as she become a Crystal Singer.
