Crystal Singer Summary
Anne McCaffrey

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Crystal Singer Summary

"Crystal Singer" by Anne McCaffrey is the first novel in the Crystal Singer trilogy. In this novel, Killashandra learns that the career she has been training ten years for is out of her grasp. Overwhelmed with loss, Killashandra leaves her school and immediately meets a unique young man named Carrik, who is a crystal singer with the Heptite Guild. Although Carrik becomes fatally ill, Killashandra decides to become a crystal singer...

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