Dragonriders of Pern · Book 5
The White Dragon
- Published
- 1 January 1978
- Pages
- 468
- ISBN-13
- 9780345253736
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 468 pages, "The White Dragon" (1978) returns to the main dragonrider storyline between "Dragonsinger" and "Dragondrums," set against Pern's feudal society of Weyrs, Holds and Halls under the recurring threat of Thread.
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
The White Dragon is book 5 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows Dragonsinger. It is followed by Dragondrums. 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 9780345253736