Anne McCaffrey

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

Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker....

Now that Pern can look forward to a future without the threat of Threadfall, the people are free to leave their protective stone holds and spread across more of the planet....

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

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....

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....

The kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League....

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....

For generations, the descendants of the powerful telepath known as the Rowan have used their various talents to help mankind....

As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land....

An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern. Then, without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill....

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...

Nebula Award-winning duo Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough add another thrilling chapter to their sweeping Petaybee saga with Changelings. Yana and Sean are beside themselves with joy over the arrival of their twins, Ronan and Murel. But the children's shape-changing abilities attract...

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

It's the dawning of a new age for mankind when the Catteni descend to Earth and easily overcome the Earth's population....

Damia had deflected a previous attack on the human worlds and sent the aliens into deep space....

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

When the first humans came to settle the planet Pern, they did not come alone: intelligence-enhanced dolphins also crossed the stars to colonize Pern's oceans....

Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement....

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