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.
Key facts about The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey wrote The White Dragon, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1978. The book has 468 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345253736 to find the main one.
The White Dragon is book 5 of 26 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. The series has 26 published books. However, the series starts with Dragonflight (1968).
Additionally, Anne McCaffrey writes Doona, The Brainship Series and Pegasus, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our science fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Sky Dragons is the latest published Anne McCaffrey book on file, from 2012.
About Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey was an American-born, Ireland-based author best known for the Dragonriders of Pern series, one of science fiction's most enduring franchises, launched with the 1968 novella Weyr Search. See every Anne McCaffrey book in order.
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