The Skies Of Pern: a captivating and unmissable epic fantasy from one of the most influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation
Jul 2012 · The Dragon Books Book 16 · 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. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this.
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Marvellous. A journey into pure fantasy, just what's needed to escape for a few hours.' -- ***** Reader review
'Such tension and emotion throughout this book!' -- ***** Reader review
'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review
'Anne McCaffrey has out-done herself yet again' -- ***** Reader review
'Absolutely fantastic' -- ***** Reader review
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A new age is dawning on Pern, for since the dragons have changed the orbit of the Red Star, the horrors of Threadfall will soon be a thing of the past.
Yet nothing in Pern stays stable for long. Further dangers are beginning to emerge, however, as those calling themselves the Abominators plot together to destroy all the learning that has been discovered from the records of the Old Ones.
And, on top of this, now comes a fresh and terrible catastrophe - a large cometary fragment is hurtling towards Pern and cannot be deflected. Everyone - dragons, riders, holders and craftsmen - must stand by to perform a giant rescue operation.
As F'lessan, son of Lessa and F'lar, plays his heroic part in the events that follow, he is helped by Tai, his new weyrmate.
Will they be the ones to protect Pern or will it be the dragons who provide the solution to the dangers of the skies?
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'Marvellous. A journey into pure fantasy, just what's needed to escape for a few hours.' -- ***** Reader review
'Such tension and emotion throughout this book!' -- ***** Reader review
'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review
'Anne McCaffrey has out-done herself yet again' -- ***** Reader review
'Absolutely fantastic' -- ***** Reader review
*******************************************************************************************
A new age is dawning on Pern, for since the dragons have changed the orbit of the Red Star, the horrors of Threadfall will soon be a thing of the past.
Yet nothing in Pern stays stable for long. Further dangers are beginning to emerge, however, as those calling themselves the Abominators plot together to destroy all the learning that has been discovered from the records of the Old Ones.
And, on top of this, now comes a fresh and terrible catastrophe - a large cometary fragment is hurtling towards Pern and cannot be deflected. Everyone - dragons, riders, holders and craftsmen - must stand by to perform a giant rescue operation.
As F'lessan, son of Lessa and F'lar, plays his heroic part in the events that follow, he is helped by Tai, his new weyrmate.
Will they be the ones to protect Pern or will it be the dragons who provide the solution to the dangers of the skies?
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Mike Stevens
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November 8, 2018
Wonderful story, but did an editor ever read it? Millions of typos and missing punctuation.
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Michael Dittberner
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August 15, 2015
Very good read.
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About the author
Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the 'Garden of Ireland', County Wicklow, until her death in 2011 at the age of eighty-five. She is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern® series. Her website is www.pernhome.com.
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