Lessa, the last of the bloodline of Ruatha, disguises herself as a kitchen drudge, biding her time until she can reclaim her birthright, but her plans are changed when she is pressed into service as Weyr woman to the new dragon queen and charged with helping rebuild the dragon force in time to combat an attack of the deadly Thread.

Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.

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

The people of Pern, having battled the dreaded Thread for generations, gain new hope for eradicating the plague completely when they excavate the still-functioning voice-activated artificial intelligence system used by the planet's original settlers.

After being saved from drowning by talking dolphins, a boy sets out to integrate them into the world of humans. The dolphins--genetically engineered--were part of the original colony on Pern, but humans lost touch with them, preferring dragons who could be used to fight wars. By the author of The Chronicles of Pern.

Two hundred years after the first Threadfall, the people of Pern are preparing for the return of the deadly plague, this time armed with the highly-trained fire-lizards that were developed specifically to fight Thread, but Lord Holder Chalkin of Bitra refuses to heed warnings about the coming onslaught and his disbelief could spell disaster.

Contains original short novels by eleven best-selling modern creators of fantasy fiction, each set in an imaginary universe made famous by the author in previous books. Includes works by Stephen King, Terry Goodkind, Ursula Le Guin, and Anne McCaffrey.

This is a collection of three storys concerning dragons. For more than thirty years, Pern has conjured visions of brave men and women mounted upon the backs of dragons. To experience its extraordinary dragons is to soar aloft with them and share their dazzling adventures.

Introduction / Robert Silverberg -- Realm of the Elderlings : homecoming / Robin Hobb -- A song of ice and fire : the sworn sword / George R. R. Martin -- The tales of Alvin Maker : the Yazoo queen / Orson Scott Card -- Outlander : Lord John and the succubus / Diana Gabaldon -- Majipoor : the book of changes / Robert Silverberg -- Otherland : the happiest dead boy in the world / Tad Williams -- Pern : beyond between / Anne McCaffrey -- The riftwar...

Pellar, a gifted tracker and orphan, accompanies Masterharper Zist on a secret mission to the Natalon coal-mining camp, where they discover a group of disillusioned workers who seem to have lost all hope.

When a new contagion poses a grave threat to the fire-lizards and dragons, Fiona, who is on the verge of becoming a Weyrwoman, begins to hear a strange voice in her mind, and Weyrleader B'Nik and queen rider Lorana search Fort Weyr's archives for a clue to get rid of the plague.

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...