Lacking Natural Simplicity

Forge of Heaven, by C.J. Cherryh, copyright 2004; Eos/HarperCollins, July 2005. This is the sequel to Hammerfall, and I gather that the series is now known as The Gene Wars. Interesting. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.

Dragonspell, by Donita K. Paul; WaterBrook Press/Random House, Inc., 2004. Too much overt preaching. Would this have annoyed me when I was a youngster? I'll have to reread the Narnia books and see if they annoy me now.