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In Gordon’s Pride, Monna visits and is sent out of the territory for breaking the rules. In Heron’s Bonds she returns. I do not want to say more on the subject, but she is treated far differently than the five other friends who come to visit. It is custom among dragons that an unknown visitor…

Dragons leave the nest at fifteen cycles after learning the basics, flying to other territories to learn as much as possible. More on that will be evident as the next stories unfold, but the humans are different. In the colonies and developed settlements they have schools for young people. In less developed places, it is…

Humans like to set standards, especially on NewEarth where survival is difficult and a struggle. Those who fall outside the standard with too much or too little are generally set to the side. Gordon has too much strength both physically and psychically. Heron is not only companion to a dragon, he survived a tragedy that…

Why is her speech undeveloped when Heron finds her and Trissy? She is four cycles, between seven and eight earth years, yet her speech is poorly pronounced. First, different children develop at different ages, but also while they have been traveling there were few opportunities to practice her speech. Some tasks she is independent with,…

One of my favorite parts of the story is not a big dramatic event, but rather Grabon’s attitude toward Trissy and Jenny. Being companions with Heron is obviously important, so establishing some form of bond with his mate and child must have been incredibly important. He manages well, but it could not have been easy.

If you remember the brothers, Gordon’s cousins from Gordon’s Pride, they come with a cattle wagon to take Karn and Mazy back to the first colony. They are born Farmers, but that is not their only skills. They buy and trade things with the smugglers and produce things, like paper books. They are both adults,…