The Renegades of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey (Author)
As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread.
But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and protection, particularly those who had been rendered holdless as punishment for wrongdoing. And there were some, like Jayge's trader clan, who simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. Others, like Aramina's family, had lost their holds through injustice and cruelty. For all the holdless, life was a constant struggle for survival.
Then, from the ranks of the criminals and the disaffected, rose a band of renegades, led by the Lady Thella. No one was safe from Thella's depredations, and now her quarry was Aramina, reputed to have a telepathic link with dragons. But when Thella mistakenly vented her rage on Jayge's family, she made a dangerous mistake. For Jayge was bent on revenge...and he would never let her have the girl who heard dragons!
But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and protection, particularly those who had been rendered holdless as punishment for wrongdoing. And there were some, like Jayge's trader clan, who simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. Others, like Aramina's family, had lost their holds through injustice and cruelty. For all the holdless, life was a constant struggle for survival.
Then, from the ranks of the criminals and the disaffected, rose a band of renegades, led by the Lady Thella. No one was safe from Thella's depredations, and now her quarry was Aramina, reputed to have a telepathic link with dragons. But when Thella mistakenly vented her rage on Jayge's family, she made a dangerous mistake. For Jayge was bent on revenge...and he would never let her have the girl who heard dragons!
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)