Dragonsinger
Harper Hall of Pern • Book 2
Narrated by Sally Darling
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
A girl who was forbidden to make music now walks the halls of the most powerful music school on Pern — and everyone's watching her fail.
- Great if you want: found-family warmth wrapped in quiet feminist defiance
- Listening experience: gentle and cozy with real emotional stakes underneath
- Narration: Sally Darling brings Menolly's vulnerability and stubbornness into clear contrast
- Skip if: you need plot-driven tension — this is character and atmosphere
About This Audiobook
Menolly has reached Harper Hall at last, the destination she dreamed of through years of enforced silence in her home hold. But the reality of apprenticeship brings challenges she did not anticipate: hostility from male peers who resent a female apprentice, masters who question whether she belongs, and the daily work of proving that her music is not a fluke of circumstance. Her nine fire lizards, who have adopted her utterly, are both wonder and complication, and her growing confidence in her gift must be won against real institutional resistance. The second Harper Hall novel is among the most emotionally satisfying entries in the Pern universe.
Sally Darling narrates with the warmth and intelligence that Menolly's character demands, giving her determination a credibility that makes the reader's investment in her success feel genuinely earned. Her voice gives the Harper Hall world its musical texture, appropriate for a story where music is both political power and personal liberation. At just under ten hours, Dragonsinger is a richly rewarding audio experience.
