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(0)Todd McCaffrey
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An enthralling biography of one of the most luminous shining stars of fantasy and science fiction, world builder and dragon master Anne McCaffrey, written by her son, collaborator, and most devoted fan While you've been to Pern . . . you haven't heard the stories behind the stories. I propose to fix that. When Anne McCaffrey's Hugo Award–winning novella "Weyr Search" appeared in the late 1960s as part of the novel Dragonflight, the science...
2) Dragongirl
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume Book 25
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Young Fiona's life takes a turn when a tragedy thrusts her into a position of authority, and she finds herself leading weyrfolk who have a hard time trusting a senior Weyrwoman who is both young and an outsider.
3) Dragonheart
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume Book 24
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The dragons of Pern are dying...and the only person who can save them has been dead for over 400 Turns. This fantasy is written by Anne McCaffrey's son, Todd, heir to the literary world of Pern.
4) Dragonsblood
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume Book 23
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A mysterious epidemic is striking dragons, and the next deadly cycle of Threadfall is only days away. Somehow, dragonrider Lorana must find a way to save all the dragons—including her own beloved Arith—before they succumb to the sickness, leaving Pern undefended. No doubt the first colonists, who originally bred the dragons, possessed the advanced technology to find a cure. But over the centuries, that knowledge was lost.
Five hundred years in...
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Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2008
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Todd McCaffrey’s first solo novel in the classic Dragonriders of Pern series, Dragonsblood, was hailed by critics and embraced by the countless devoted readers of the landmark science fiction saga created by his mother, Anne McCaffrey. Now the chronicles of Pern take another captivating turn as the embattled planet, the brave pioneers who call it home, and the magnificent flame-breathing creatures who fly high to protect it confront a dire new...
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume Book 5
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Pellar is an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon's coal-mining camp, Pellar-along with his fire-lizard, Chitter-joins him on a secret mission of his own: to find out if reported thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.
Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their...
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume Book 7
Publisher
Del Rey Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Even though Lorana cured the plague that was killing the dragons of Pern, sacrificing her queen dragon in the process, the effects of the disease were so devastating that there are no longer enough dragons available to fight the fall of deadly Thread. And as the situation grows more dire, a pregnant Lorana decides that she must take drastic steps in the quest for help.
Meanwhile, back at Telgar Weyr, Weyrwoman Fiona, herself pregnant, and the harper...