Dragonriders of Pern · Book 7
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
- Published
- 1 January 1983
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9780552124997
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 1983 at 416 pages, "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern" jumps back centuries in Pern's internal timeline to a plague crisis that becomes legend by the era of the main dragonrider novels, positioned between "Dragondrums" and "Nerilka's Story."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern is book 7 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Dragondrums. It is followed by Nerilka's Story. 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 9780552124997