Dragonriders of Pern · Book 8
Nerilka's Story
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 190
- ISBN-13
- 9781439518359
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 190 pages, "Nerilka's Story" (1986) revisits the same plague-era crisis as "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern," continuing the Dragonriders of Pern series between that book and "Dragonsdawn."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
Nerilka's Story is book 8 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. It is followed by Dragonsdawn. 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 9781439518359