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2010.
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English
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Pilot, navigator, engineer, doctor, scientist--ship's cat? All are essential to a well-staffed space vessel. Barque Cats have become highly prized crew members who travel the galaxy, responsible for keeping spacecraft free of vermin and for acting as morale officers. But the announcement of a widespread epidemic affecting livestock on numerous planets throws their future into doubt. Suddenly the galactic government announces a plan to impound and...
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
Language
English
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Featuring the title Pern short novel, The Girl Who Heard Dragons, this compilation of 15 fantasy and science fiction stories is by one of the greatest names in the genre. All except one have been previously published, but have never before been collected in a McCaffrey book. Includes 23 interior works by artist Michael Whelan, famous for his McCaffrey covers.
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
Language
English
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Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading.
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
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.
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 9
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
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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.
7) Sky dragons
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 30
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.
8) Dragonflight
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 1
Language
English
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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...
9) Dragonsdawn
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 10
Language
English
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A novel that takes place before the Dragonriders of Pern series. This describes how the planet Pern was colonized & the origins of the deadly Threadfall.
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