Dragondrums: (Dragonriders of Pern: 6): deception and discretion loom large in this fan-favourite from one of the most influential fantasy and SF writers of all time
Jul 2012 · Pern Book 6 · Random House
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Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern and discover not only its flora, fauna, population and cultural hierarchy, but the history of an entire civilization. If you like David Eddings, David Gemmell and Douglas Adams, you will love this.
**Winner of the Locus Balrog Award**
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Fantastic book, just like her others. Anne has a way of pulling you into the book as though you are almost there.' -- ***** Reader review
'It took me a few minutes after reading to realise it's just a story!' -- ***** Reader review
'I never tire of rereading these books!' -- ***** Reader review
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DRUMS, DRUMS IN THE DEEP...
Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke.
Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards.
So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams...
**Winner of the Locus Balrog Award**
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Fantastic book, just like her others. Anne has a way of pulling you into the book as though you are almost there.' -- ***** Reader review
'It took me a few minutes after reading to realise it's just a story!' -- ***** Reader review
'I never tire of rereading these books!' -- ***** Reader review
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DRUMS, DRUMS IN THE DEEP...
Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke.
Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards.
So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams...
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About the author
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures. A prolific bestselling author, she is best known for her handling of broad themes and the worlds of her imagination, particularly in her tales of the Talents and the novels about the Dragonriders of Pern. Anne McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Visit the author's website at www.annemccaffrey.net
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