SPOILER THREAD: Dragon Ship eArc

[rolanni]

In case you missed yesterday's excitement, the eArc for Dragon Ship, the Fourth Book of Theo Waitley, is now available from Baen. To recap:

Download it here.

Dragon Ship art by David Mattingly

This topic is for those ambitious souls who have already read the book and who are bursting to talk about it.

There will be spoilers here! You have been warned.

I ask those who wish to discuss Dragon Ship, to, please, keep to this topic and not spill out into others. Your courtesy is appreciated.

Comments

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

So glad to see a mention of Fasholt and Daughters. I've wondered for years what happened there.
Wonder how Kamele and Aunt Kareen will get along?

[anisosynchronic.livejournal.com]

a) Kamele despite not being a pilot lived with Kareen's irritating younger brother long enough to produce an adult daughter.
b) Kamele is not a pilot--Kareen's grudge regarding ineligiblity for Head of Line and Head of Clan status and second class status as a member of Korval due to not being a pilot, doesn't apply to Kamele--again, Kamele is not a pilot, and not a threat to further marginalize Kareen.
c) Korval is no longer on Liad, it's on Surebleak, a Terran planet, and Kamele is a Terran
d) So far Theo is not a member of Clan Korval, though she is the biological offspring of Daav yos'Phelium from from Daav was in an extended period missing from his clan masquerading as Jen Sar Kiladi
e) Kamele is a tenured Scholar and a resourceful person who successful both evaded the DoI AND prevented it from using Kamele as a hostage against Korval.
f) Kamele helped keep the former Delm Korval alive and sane during his long absence from the Clan.

[anisosynchronic.livejournal.com]

Also, g) Kamele had the concern and initiative to when Hen Sar Kiladi went missing, to take the tiem and effort and expense to track him down, or rather try to track down what had happened to him.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

None of which really has any bearing on how Kamele and Kareen will get along.

Kareen may very well be grumpy about another one of those barbarian humans showing up—especially the one who conspired with her annoying brother to foist the ill-mannered sweater-wearing Theo off on them.

And I'm not sure whether Kamele's scholarhood will be enough to earn brownie points with Kareen. Anne was a scholar, too, after all.

(Though I do wonder what Kamele will think of Anne's work—and the fact that Anne Davis yos'Galan was the one who endowed the Gallowglass Chair that funded Jen Sar Kiladi's work on Delgado.)

Really, if there's one characteristic that defines Kareen, it's that she's grumpy with pretty much everybody. I don't see why she wouldn't be grumpy with Kamele, too.

[rnjtolch.livejournal.com]

As long as she (Kamele) wears the correct dress to dinner and uses the right utensils, she is good to go. But wait! Hasn't Kareen taken a place "in town?"

Shan will have to find Fasholt & filles and, of course, set them up on Surebleak.