Dragonriders of Pern · Book 10

The Renegades of Pern

by Anne McCaffrey

Published
1 January 1989
Pages
340
ISBN-13
9781469293745
Type
novel

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About this book

Published in 1989 at 340 pages, "The Renegades of Pern" continues the main dragonrider storyline between "Dragonsdawn" and "All the Weyrs of Pern," set within Pern's feudal Weyr, Hold and Hall society under the recurring threat of Thread.

Its place in Dragonriders of Pern

The Renegades of Pern is book 10 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Dragonsdawn. It is followed by All the Weyrs 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…

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