<p><b><i>Let Anne McCaffrey storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author take you on a journey to a whole new world: </i></b><b><i>Pern. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat.. If you like David Eddings Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams you will love this.</i></b><br><b><br>Anne McCaffrey one of the queens of science fiction knows exactly how to give her public what it wants - <i>THE TIMES</i></b><br><b>Do yourself a favour and read ANYTHING by this Author you won't be sorry -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>A real page turner -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>Delightful reading well written and wonderful characters and Dragons! Lots of Dragons! Bliss! -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>A brilliant read -- ***** Reader review</b><br>*******************************************************************************<br><br><b>A YOUNG GIRL'S DESTINY AWAITS...</b><br><br>Every two hundred years or so shimmering <b>Threads</b> fall from space raining death and black ruin on <b>Pern</b>. <b>The great dragons of Pern</b> hurl themselves through the beleagured skies flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the Planet.<br><br>But it was not Threadfall that made young <b>Menolly</b> unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a <b>Harper</b> who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away.<br><br>When suddenly she came upon a group of fire lizards wild and smaller relatives of the fire-breathing dragons she let her music swirl around them and taught nine of them to sing.<br><br>Suddenly Menolly was no longer alone -- <b>she was Mistress of Music and Ward of the dazzling fire dragons.</b><br><br><b>The <i>Dragonriders of Pern</i> series continues in <i>Dragonsinger.</i></b></p>