Anne McCaffrey

On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound....

For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land....

Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth....

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell....

On icy Petaybee, the planet itself seems to be orchestrating its own evolution, but the planet is also rich in resources, and a ruthless company is poised to take advantage. Yana, an ex-company soldier with strong ties to the planet, tries to intervene....

Journey to the wonder-filled world of Pern in the first volume of Anne McCaffrey's best-selling Harper Hall Trilogy. Dragonsong is the spellbinding tale of Menolly of Half Circle Hold, a brave young girl who flees her seaside village and discovers the legendary fire lizards of Pern. All her life...

"Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again....

Day by day the sentient planet of Petaybee is learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires...even to use human speech. But few outsiders truly care....

Botany is free now, and so is the devastated Earth. As alien influence fades, the people of Botany must decide what kind of world they will become....

Sassinak was 12 when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength.

For an overpopulated Earth, whose resources are strained to the breaking point, there is only one place to look for relief: straight up....

A crisis point has been reached on the sentient planet of Petaybee....

These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern — in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history. Beginning with the very first ever Dragonriders of Pern adventure, join the original survey team as they explore Pern and recommend it for...

Thread: deadly silver strands that fall from the sky like rain, devouring every organic thing in their path - animals, plants, and people alike....

Killashandra, one of the most gifted singers on Ballybran, is drawn like a magnet to the song of crystal. In order to work with crystal, singers are infected with a symbiotic life form that heals them and gives them near eternal life—but slowly destroys their memories....

It’s a plan fraught with risk. Attempting time travel means tampering with the natural laws of the universe, which could drastically alter history - and destiny - forever....

In a time when no Thread has fallen for centuries, a boy is born to Harper Hall....

Leadership of these dragons and riders falls to Xhinna, female rider of a blue dragon, who must earn the respect of all who follow her....

Because he is too young, Lord Jaxom is not allowed to fight the dreaded Thread, so he and his white dragon—Ruth—train themselves in secret. Their delightful, illicit flight leads them into danger—and the chance to prevent unimaginable disaster....

From Anne McCaffrey comes a collection of captivating short stories that focuses on everything from spaceship adventure and shifting time-storms to ghosts and romance.