The Tower and the Hive [Import] [Hardcover]

Anne McCaffrey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 369 pages
• Publisher: An Ace/Putnam Book (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0593043243
• ISBN-13: 978-0593043240
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,771,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I am a faithfull Mccaffrey reader, but this book is awful., September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Tower and the Hive (Rowan) (Hardcover)

I have been engrossed in the lives of Anne McCaffery's various characters since I first read Dragon Song at the age of twelve. Fortunately, The Tower and the Hive is not the first book by her that I have read. The book lacks any sense of a cohesive plot and is filled with tedious narratives...I am not sure why I even bothered to finish the entire book!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but it could have been better., October 18, 1999

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C. Michelle Cooper "Mistwalker" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tower and the Hive (Rowan) (Hardcover)

This was a wonderful story. Learning a little more about the Dini's was great but this book could have been better. When I first read the promo for this book I thought it would be about the threats that the Rowan and Raven would be receiving and the actual attack on them. To my disappointment the actual attack took less than a chapter. Plus the ending could really have used some help. I mean the idea was great but to have everything hinge on a man that has never been in any of the other books, that was a little hard to accept. The development of the relationship between Laria and Kincade was cool, but the rest of the odd characters and side stories would have to be explained and it was evident Anne wanted to move on to other stories. I liked this book, it answered some questions and brought some ending to sections of the story line but it also raised other questions and brought in new story lines that could be explored. Over all a good book, but it did not meet all expectations.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still worth a read., May 4, 2000

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Liz (Oceanside, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tower and the Hive (Rowan) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am an Anne McCaffrey fan and have all her books and although this won't be in my list of top ten books; it is still a good read. It does continue the story begun by Rowan and it does tie up some loose ends. Personally, I thought the pheromone solution was quite ingenious!