Dragonriders of Pern · Book 9
Dragonsdawn
- Published
- 1 January 1988
- Pages
- 431
- ISBN-13
- 9780345362551
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Dragonsdawn" (1988, 431 pages) reaches furthest back into Pern's internal chronology, covering the original colony ship's arrival on the planet — the science-fictional origin that the fantasy-facing main series only hints at — and sits between "Nerilka's Story" and "The Renegades of Pern."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonsdawn is book 9 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Nerilka's Story. It is followed by The Renegades 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 9780345362551