Dragon Harper - A New Novel of Pern

Zusatztext Praise for Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey Dragon’s Fire “The McCaffreys’ second fire-breathing collaboration . . . proves why these fabled dragons still cast a spell.” –Publishers Weekly “Grittier than the early parts of the series; Todd’s apparently brought a wider! more current worldview to Pern.” –The San Diego Union-Tribune Dragon’s Kin “Superb storytelling . . . essential for Pern fans of all ages.” –Library Journal (starred review) “A guaranteed pleaser [in] one of SF’s most splendid and longest-lived sagas.” –Booklist Informationen zum Autor Anne McCaffrey , one of the world’s most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern® series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011. Todd McCaffrey is the bestselling author of the Pern novel Dragonsblood, as well as Dragon’s Kin and Dragon’s Fire, which he co-wrote with his mother, Anne McCaffrey. A computer engineer, he currently lives in Los Angeles. Having grown up in Ireland with the epic of the Dragonriders of Pern, he is bursting with ideas for new stories of that world, its people, and its dragons. Klappentext NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Captivating . . . The McCaffreys are well known for their brilliant characterizations! and they do not disappoint here."-Booklist In Fort Hold! a clutch of fire-lizard eggs is about to hatch! and Lord Bemin's beautiful young daughter! Koriana! is determined to Impress one of the delightful creatures. At the hatching! apprentice harper Kindan Impresses a fire-lizard of his own . . . and wins the heart of Koriana. But Lord Bemin mistrusts harpers and will not hear of a match between his daughter and the low-born Kindan. Then fate intervenes in the form of a virulent plague as fast-spreading as it is deadly. Arising suddenly! as if out of nowhere! the contagion decimates hold after hold! paying no heed to distinctions of birth. In this feverish crucible! friendship and love will be tested to the breaking point and beyond. For with Threadfall scant years away! the Dragonriders dare not expose themselves to infection! and it will fall to Kindan and his fellow apprentices to bravely search for a cure and save humanity. "Strong storytelling and compelling drama! along with memorable characters."-Library Journal CHAPTER I Put this on,” D’vin said to Cristov as they rushed to the Hatching Grounds. The white robe was the traditional garb for candidates, as every child on Pern knew from the Teaching Ballads. Cristov suddenly realized that his heart was racing, his throat dry. In not much longer than it took D’vin’s bronze dragon to go between—no more time than it took to cough three times—Cristov went from being a miner recovering from an injury to being a candidate for a Hatching. This can’t be happening, he thought. It should have been Pellar. Pellar was the mute Harper who had rescued Cristov when his mine had collapsed, had saved Cristov when Tenim had purposely exploded the old firestone mine, and who had had a fire-lizard before Tenim’s hunting bird had killed it—and had nearly killed Pellar, as well. Pellar deserved to be a candidate . . . but Pellar had insisted upon remaining at the newly named Fire Hold to help the young holdless girl, Halla, manage the Shunned of Pern to redeem their honor by mining the firestone of Pern.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Mccaffrey, Todd J. McCaffrey
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780345480316
• ISBN: 978-0-345-48031-6
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Pern; Dragonriders of Pern (Paperbac; Pern; Dragonriders of Pern
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy