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Sariana was a cool, confident business-woman, an outcast from the East determined to regain her rightful status. Gryph was an intense mercenary respected and feared throughout the opulent cities and savage frontiers of the West. But from the moment they met, fate made them one. Was it their destiny to be bound to a powerful force that both captivated and frightened them? When Sariana and Gryph join forces in a dangerous quest to save their world, their love is tested to its limits - sweeping them into undreamed realms of shimmering, shattering ecstasy. "Soar upon the wings of imagination with [the author] as she takes us on a fabulous romantic quest to a faraway time on a faraway world." - Romantic Times
Series: Lost Colony Series (Book 3)
Audio CD
Publisher: Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (September 8, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781423387114
ISBN-13: 978-1423387114
ASIN: 1423387112
Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.4 x 7 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (170 customer reviews)
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I've been reading Jayne Ann Krentz's books for a long time but somehow I missed the Lost Colony Trilogy this book is part of. The other books in the series are Sweet Starfire and Crystal Flame. I was a little surprised because usually she writes these fantasy/sci-fi books under her Jayne Castle pen name. This trilogy is apparently popular enough to re-print twice but it was just OK for me.This book takes place on the planet Windarra with the descendants of human colonists who crash landed there. Originally there were two ships that ran into trouble trying to land; one filled with more business-type people landed on the eastern continent and the other with more creative arts and inventive people landed on the western continent. The types of people on the ships made civilization on the two continents develop very differently. Because so much technology was destroyed in the crash landings, there was only recently contact/travel between the two continents. Sariana, the heroine, is from the eastern continent and has come west to try to restore her standing in the financial community back east. Gryph, the hero, is from the Shield clan in the west and Sariana wants him to try to recover an important piece of equipment for her clients.Gryph isn't my idea of a great romantic hero in the beginning of the book. Men of his clan have a hard time finding women who can produce children with them and he pretty much tricks Sariana into marrying him.
I got Jayne Ann Krentz's newsletter and saw where Shield's Lady was offered as an ebook for 1.99. I had read the other two Lost Colony books Sweet Starfire and Crystal Flame. I even have a combined hardcopy of the two books but had never read Shield's Lady so I purchased and read. All three were written in the 1980's so are early example's of Krentz's futuristic writing. For me they are not as good as the St. Helen's books and those are not as good as the Harmony/Ghost Hunter books. That said they are worth reading and do let you see Krentz's progression as a writer.Shield's Lady was the last of the Lost Colony series and for me it is the best. In this colony there were two colony ships and they crashed on separate continents on the planet Windarra. Both groups thought that everyone on the other ship perished. They have just recently rediscovered each other. Both groups are developed in very different manners.Sariana Dayne is from the eastern continent where lives are very structured and in Sariana's mind much more civilized. She has moved to the western continent and although she does not realize it at first she fits much better on the western continent where life if full of surprises.Gryph Chassyn is a Shield. Shields are surrounded by mystery and legends. There are not Shields on the eastern continent so this is Sariana's first contact with a Shield. Sariana does not believe in legends. When the two end up working together sparks fly. Shields have special powers that help protect the people of the planet. One thing that is unique about them is the fact they have to find their Shield Mate to every have children and then they only have male children. Sariana is Gryph's Shield Mate. Not that she believes that.
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