Dragonriders of Pern · Book 17
A Gift of Dragons
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 291
- ISBN-13
- 9780345456359
- Type
- collection
About this book
Published in 2002 at 291 pages, "A Gift of Dragons" continues the series between "The Skies of Pern" and "Dragon's Kin," part of Pern's dragon-and-Thread world of Weyrs, Holds and Halls.
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
A Gift of Dragons is book 17 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows The Skies of Pern. It is followed by Dragon's Kin. See the full Dragonriders of Pern reading order.
On the planet Pern, humans bond telepathically with giant, fire-breathing dragons and ride them into the sky to combat Thread — a mycorrhizoid spore that falls like corrosive rain from a wandering neighbor planet every couple of centuries, devouring anything organic it touches. Anne McCaffrey began the series in 1968 with Dragonflight , and it became one of the foundational works of science fantasy: colonists from a lost Earth expedition, generations removed from their technological origins, now live in a feudal…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345456359