A new hero emerges in a divided world as one of sci-fi's most beloved
series--Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern--relaunches with this
original adventure from Anne's daughter, Gigi McCaffrey.
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series,
Gigi does her mother proud, adding to the family tradition of spinning
unputdownable tales that recount the adventures of the brave inhabitants
of a distant planet who battle the pitiless adversary known as Thread.
The last time Thread attacked Pern, the world was unprepared for the
fight--until the Oldtimers appeared. These courageous dragonriders
arrived from the past, traveling four hundred years to help their
descendants survive. But the collision of past and present took its
toll. While most of the displaced rescuers adapted to their new reality,
others could not abide the jarring change and found themselves in
soul-crushing exile, where unhappiness and resentment seethed.
Piemur, a journeyman harper, also feels displaced, cast adrift by the
loss of his spectacular boyhood voice and uncertain of his future. But
when the Masterharper of Pern sees promise in the young man and sends
him undercover among the exiled Oldtimers, Piemur senses the looming
catastrophe that threatens the balance of power between the Weyrs and
Holds of Pern.
When the unthinkable happens, Piemur must rise to the challenge to avert
disaster and restore honor to the dragons and dragonriders of Pern.
Because now, in a world already beset by Thread, another, more insidious
danger looms: For the first time in living memory, dragons may be on the
verge of fighting dragons.
