All the Weyrs of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

Feb 2002 · Pern Book 11 · Sold by Del Rey

About this ebook

“When McCaffrey's beloved dragons roar and their riders soar on the beasts' mighty backs . . . fans of Pern will likely be enthralled.”—Publishers Weekly

For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land. On the backs of their magnificent telepathic dragons they flew to flame the deadly stuff out of the air before it could reach the planet's surface. But 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.

Now, for the first time, it looks as if that dream can come true. For when the people of Pern, led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, Weyrleader and Weyrwoman of Bendon Weyr, excavate the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement, they uncover the colonists' voice-activated artificial intelligence system—which still functions. And the computer has incredible news for them: There is a chance—a good chance—that they can, at long last, annihilate Thread once and for all.

Ratings and reviews

Over 15 years ago, I read Dragonflight for the first time as a kid. I've been in love with this series ever since... and yet, this is my first time reading this book. I adored it! It wraps up everything so beautifully, and perfectly ties the sci-fi element in with the fantasy. And it's strangely relevant to today's struggles. I will be reading this again and again.

A science teacher at my school let me borrow this book for the last few weeks of school and i love it so far. I do not think i can finish it before school ends so i skipped to the end...sad...

I absolutely loved this book, it had it's action and it's calm,but most of all it had it's characters that you feel so much for. Right after, I read Dragonsdawn, and everything came together and made even more sense. Very good read!

About the author

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.