Dragonriders of Pern · Book 6
Dragondrums
- Published
- 1 January 1979
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN-13
- 9780553258554
- Type
- novel
About this book
Closing the Harper Hall trilogy at 208 pages, "Dragondrums" (1979) sits between "The White Dragon" and "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern" in the reading order, following the same younger-reader thread McCaffrey began with "Dragonsong" and "Dragonsinger."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
Dragondrums is book 6 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows The White Dragon. It is followed by Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. 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 9780553258554