Dragonriders of Pern · Book 16
The Skies of Pern
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN-13
- 9780593043370
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 464 pages, "The Skies of Pern" (2001) marks the end of Anne McCaffrey's solo run on the core series before her son Todd began co-writing, sitting between "The Masterharper of Pern" and "A Gift of Dragons."
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
The Skies of Pern is book 16 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows The Masterharper of Pern. It is followed by A Gift of Dragons. 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
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