Dragonsdawn
by Anne McCaffrey (Author)
The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything - and everyone - in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.
Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider...
And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed - Dragons!
Recognition: John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1989)
Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider...
And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed - Dragons!
Recognition: John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1989)
Pern Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: PernReading level: 11+
Books in series: 29
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: fantasy science fiction dragon adventure
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Dragonflight (1968)2. Dragonquest (1971)
3. Dragonsong (1976)
4. Dragonsinger (1977)
5. Get Off the Unicorn (1977)
6. The White Dragon (1978)
7. Dragondrums (1979)
8. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983)
9. Nerilka's Story (1984)
10. Dragonsdawn (1988)
11. The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (1989)
12. The Renegades of Pern (1989)
13. All The Weyrs of Pern (1991)
14. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993)
15. The Girl Who Heard Dragons (1996)
16. Dragonseye (1996)
17. The Masterharper of Pern (1998)
18. Legends (1999)
19. The Skies of Pern (2001)
20. A Gift of Dragons (2002)
21. Dragon's Kin (2003)
22. Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (2004)
23. Dragonsblood (2005)
24. Dragon's Fire (2006)
25. Dragon Harper (2007)
26. Dragonheart (2008)
27. Dragongirl (2010)
28. Dragon's Time (2011)
29. Sky Dragons (2012)