Dragonriders of Pern

After ten long Turns, Lessa was ready to come out of hiding, to reclaim her birthright--and to Impress the young dragon queen and become Weyrwoman of Benden. Suddenly the deadly silver Threads once again threatened all Pern with destruction. But the mighty telepathic dragons that for centuries had defended Pern were now few in number, not nearly enough to protect the planet in its hour of greatest peril. Then Lessa hatched a daring and dangerous scheme...

On the planet Pern, after her father forbids her to indulge in music in any way, fifteen-year-old Menolly runs away and takes shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.

When his boy soporano voice begins to change, Piedmur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.

Ashamed of her father's refusal to help the others of Fort Hold, Nerilka helps Lord Alessan prepare a serum to combat a dreaded plague.

The greatest dream of the dragonriders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction.

When the first humans came to settle the planet Pern, intelligent dolphins also crossed the stars -- to colonize Pern's oceans. Then came disaster: Thread fell like rain. Humans struggled to survive. Now -- centuries later -- dragonriders and dolphins face a new era, reviving the bond between land and ocean dwellers.

The last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames and a desperate race begins to find a new deposit fo the essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread.

Now the chronicles of Pern take another captivating turn as the embattled planet, the brave pioneers who call it home, and the magnificent flame-breathing creatures who fly high to protect it confront a dire new challenge. The grim specter of sickness looms over the Weyrs of Pern, felling fire-lizards and posing a potentially devastating threat to their dragon cousins, Pern's sole defense against the deadly phenomenon that is Thread. Fiona, the youngest...

Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.

"A new hero emerges in a divided world as one of sci-fi's most beloved series--Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern--relaunches with this original adventure from Anne's daughter, Gigi McCaffrey. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series, Gigi does her mother proud, adding to the family tradition of spinning unputdownable tales that recount the adventures of the brave inhabitants of a distant planet who battle the pitiless...