Dragonriders of Pern · Book 2
Dragonquest
- Published
- 1 January 1971
- Pages
- 351
- ISBN-13
- 9780345276957
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 351 pages, "Dragonquest" (1971) picks up the main dragonrider storyline after "Dragonflight," running in the same period of Pern's history as the Harper Hall books that follow it, "Dragonsong" and "Dragonsinger."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonquest is book 2 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Dragonflight. It is followed by Dragonsong. 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 9780345276957