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Dragon's Fire (Pern Book 19) by [Anne McCaffrey, Todd J. McCaffrey]

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A richly detailed story on a par with the rest of the Pern canon . . . another successful McCaffrey mother-and-son collaboration.”—Booklist

At Natalon’s mining camp, Pellar embarks on a secret mission to discover whether the condemned criminals known as the Shunned are stealing coal. But the gifted tracker discovers that a far more treacherous plot is unfolding. A heartless thief named Tenim has realized there is profit to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn the lethal Thread out of the sky. When the last remaining firestone mine explodes, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral. Sure enough, Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage. Now Pellar and his new friends—the kind and gentle Halla, a child of the Shunned, and Cristov, the son of a corrupt miner—must stop Tenim. If they fail, it will mean the end for Pern and its dragonriders.

“Grittier than the early parts of the series; Todd’s apparently brought a wider, more current worldview to Pern.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

“These fabled dragons still cast a spell.”—Publishers Weekly

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Praise for Dragon’s Kin by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey

“Superb storytelling . . . Essential for Pern fans of all ages.”
–Library Journal (starred review)

“A guaranteed pleaser [in] one of sf’s most splendid and longest-lived sagas.”
–Booklist

Praise for Dragonsblood by Todd McCaffrey

“Todd McCaffrey does something I didn’t think anyone could do: he writes Anne McCaffrey’s Pern. . . . May the saga continue!”
–David Weber, author of The Shadow of Saganami

“The torch has been passed and burns more brightly than ever. . . . [Dragonsblood] fits beautifully into the existing history and style of earlier books while still breaking new ground.”
–Publishers Weekly

From the Hardcover edition.

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CHAPTER I

Sent from hold, sent from craft,
Whether old, whether daft.
Shunned for good into the wild—
Father, mother, baby child.

Harper Hall, Second Interval, After Landing (AL) 490.3

He’s still waving, isn’t he?” Master Zist called back for the third time. He sat at the front of the wagon as it slowly drew away from the Harper Hall. The last of the winter snow covered the fields on either side of the track. Every now and then the wagon skidded as the workbeast lost his footing on the hard-packed icy snow and struggled to regain it.

“Yes, he is,” Cayla agreed, looking back out of the brightly painted wagon at the small figure slowly diminishing in the distance.

“We couldn’t bring him,” Zist said regretfully. “He’d be too obvious.”

At least, Zist thought to himself, the lad was taking it better than he had when they’d first told him their plans.

Pellar had thrown a silent tantrum, had sprawled on the ground in the Harper Hall’s courtyard, feet and fists hitting the ground in his outrage. He stopped only when Carissa had started howling in sympathy with him.

“She’s crying for me, isn’t she?” he scrawled quickly on the slate that was never far from his hands.

“Yes, I suppose she is,” Cayla answered.

Pellar swiftly rubbed his slate clean and scrawled a new comment on it, thrusting it under Zist’s eyes. “Are you taking her?”

“We have to, she’s still nursing.”

“We want to know that you’re safe, here,” Cayla added.

“Aren’t I part of your family?” Pellar scrawled in response, tears streaming down his face.

“Of course you are!” Zist declared vociferously. “And we need you, as a member of our family, to stay here out of trouble.”

“You are always part of our family, Pellar,” Cayla said firmly.

“You’ve been part of our family since we first found you, ten Turns ago,” Zist told him.

“Then why can’t I come?” Pellar scrawled on his slate, his mouth working soundlessly in emphasis.

“Because we don’t know who abandoned you,” Zist told him, catching Pellar’s chin in his hand and forcing the youngster to meet his eyes. “It could be some who were Shunned. If you come with us and they see you, they’ll know that we’re not Shunned.”

“You could get in trouble then?” Pellar wrote. Zist nodded. Pellar chewed his lip miserably, shoulders shaking so hard with his unvoiced sobs that he could barely wipe his slate to write a new message. “I’ll stay. No trouble for you.”

Cayla read the note, thrust baby Carissa into Zist’s arms, and grabbed Pellar into a firm and fierce hug.

“That’s my boy,” she said proudly, kissing the top of his head.

“I’ll be here when you get back,” Pellar wrote.

“I promise you’ll be the first to hear us return,” Zist swore, freeing a hand to clap the boy on the back.

“He’s stopped waving,” Cayla reported. “Oh, dear! His shoulders are all slumped and he looks so sad.”

Zist blew out a misty breath and pulled on the reins controlling the workbeast, fighting with himself not to turn the wagon back.

“Murenny promised he’d keep an eye on him,” Cayla said, noting how the wagon had slowed. “And this was your idea.”

“Indeed,” Zist agreed, his shoulders slumping in turn. “I think it’s absolutely necessary that we learn all we can about the Shunned—”

“I don’t disagree with you,” Cayla interjected, lifting baby Carissa in her arms and rocking her instinctively.

“Thread will come again soon enough, and what then?” Zist went on, repeating his reasons needlessly. “If there are enough Shunned, what’s to stop them from overwhelming a hold or craft hall?”

Cayla didn’t have to say a word to make her opinion of that clear; she’d said enough before.

“Well, even if they don’t, what will they do when Thread comes again?” Zist asked reflectively. “It’s not right to condemn them all to a death no one on Pern should ever experience.”

“I know, love, I know,” Cayla said soothingly, recognizing that her mate was working himself into another passionate discourse. She knew from past discussions how vivid the image of Thread, falling mindlessly from the sky, devouring all life, searing all flesh, was engrained in Zist’s mind from his reading. “We’ve discussed this, Murenny’s discussed this, and that’s why we’re here in this wagon, dressed like the Shunned—”

“Do you think we should put an ‘S’ on your head, too?” Master Zist asked, pointing to the purple-blue mark on his forehead.

“No,” Cayla said in a tone that brooked no argument. “And you’d best be right about how to get that mark off.”

“It’s not proper bluebush ink,” Zist reminded her. The sap of the bluebush, used for marking the Shunned, was indelible and permanently stained skin. “Some pinesap, lots of hot water and soap, and it’ll come off.”

“So you’ve said,” Cayla remarked, sounding no more convinced.

In front, Zist noticed that the workbeast was slowing and flicked the reins to encourage it back to a faster walk.

“Well, I’m glad you’re with me,” Zist told Cayla, after satisfying himself that they were moving fast enough.

“I’m glad that we left Pellar behind,” Cayla said. “Ten Turns is too young to see the sights we expect.”

“Indeed,” Zist agreed.

“Carissa’s so little that she’ll remember none of it,” Cayla continued, half to answer Zist’s unspoken thought, half to answer her own fears.

“There’ll be children among the Shunned,” Zist remarked. “That’s part of what makes it so wrong.”

“Yes,” Cayla agreed. She flicked a wisp of her honey-blond hair back behind her ear and continued rocking little Carissa. Then she looked back again. “He’s gone now.”

“We’ll be back in less than half a Turn,” Zist said after a moment of thoughtful silence. “He’ll be all right.”

“I hope he’ll forgive us,” Cayla said.

Zist took the coast road south, toward Hold Gar, Southern Boll Hold, and warmer weather. He and Cayla had guessed that the warmer climes would attract the Shunned, who would find the harsh winters of the north harder to survive.

The road was still snow-covered and never more than a pair of ruts running down along the coastline. Even in the protected enclosure of the wagon, Cayla wrapped herself up tightly and nuzzled little Carissa close to her side to keep them both warm. In front, perched on the rattling bench seat, Zist had a thick wher-hide blanket spread over his knees and layers of warm thick-knit Tillek sweaters, the same as those used by the Tillek sailors because they kept out the worst of the wet and cold even at sea. Even so, Zist was chilled to the bone every evening when they halted.

They were both relieved when they finally came upon the outskirts of Hold Gar.

Their reception by the holders was sharp and unpleasant.

“Go away!” shrieked the first old woman whose cothold they had stopped at, hoping to barter for food. “Would you have me Shunned, too?”

She hurried them on their way by throwing stones and setting her dogs on them.

“Go back north and freeze! We’re hardworking folk down here,” she yelled after them. “You won’t find any handouts.”

Zist shared a shaken look with Cayla who busily tried to comfort a bawling Carissa.

As they neared the next hold, Cayla glanced quickly at the “S” on Zist’s forehead. “Maybe I should go by myself,” she suggested.

“Bring the baby,” Zist agreed. “I’ll tend the beast.”

Carissa returned later, smiling and carrying a sack full of goods.

“They cost more than they should,” she said when she handed the bag to Zist. “The lady fed us, though, and had fresh milk for Carissa.”

Two days later they came upon a wagon by the side of the road. It had been burned down to the wheels.

Zist halted. He went to the wreck, crawled around and through it, and came back thirty minutes later, his face grim.

“They were caught while they were sleeping,” he told Cayla.

“How do you know it wasn’t an accident with a lantern?” Cayla asked. While holders used glows, the Shunned had to make do with what they could scrounge, and that often meant candles or lanterns.

“I’d rather not say,” he replied grimly.

“I suppose we should keep a watch at nights,” Cayla said.

“Maybe we should turn back,” Zist said. “This is beginning to seem more dangerous than I’d feared.”

“Perhaps this is what happened to Moran.”

“Perhaps,” Zist agreed, his face going pale. With a sour look, he gestured to the burned wreck. “There has to be a better way to deal with the Shunned.”

“We don’t know what happened here. We know that some were Shunned for murder. After being Shunned, what would stop them from murdering again?” Cayla responded. “Perhaps we’re only seeing justice done.”

“No,” Zist said, shaking his head firmly. “That was a wagon much like ours.”

Cayla realized from what he’d left unsaid that the occupants of the wagon were much like them, too—a man, woman, and child.

“We should move on before we attract attention,” she said firmly.

“I’d like you to keep watch from the back of the wagon,” Zist said by way of agreement.

“Of course.” --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up–The McCaffreys return to Pern. The story is set in the same time period as Dragon's Kin (Del Rey, 2003), the second Interval after landing, but has a different focus. The colonists are preparing for the next 50-year pass of the Red Star and the start of Thread, a mindless killer that falls from the skies destroying all organic material in its path. To combat this threat, the dragons must chew firestone to burn Thread from the sky. However, the mining of the firestone is difficult–any drop of moisture makes it explode, and it has killed countless dragons and miners. The other problem is what to do with the Shunned. They are holders who have committed crimes that have banished them from the holds but with Thread coming, they will die if they are holdless. The story is brought to life by a mute harper's apprentice, Pellar, and a miner's son, Cristov, who take it upon themselves to save the Shunned and the dragonriders alike. This novel reintroduces readers to well-known characters such as Kindan and Master Zist and introduces new characters and concepts of the world of Pern. A companion volume, it also stands on its own.–June H. Keuhn, Corning East High School, NY
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the audio_download edition.

From Booklist

The sequel to Dragon's Kin (2003) is another successful McCaffrey mother-and-son collaboration. The deadly Thread has not fallen on Pern for nearly 200 turns, but it is due to in another 18, and the firestone needed by the dragons to breathe fire and fight Thread is in short supply. On top of that, mining the volatile firestone is very dangerous and is usually done by the Shunned, people who have been ousted for committing crimes. When the last firestone mine explodes, killing virtually every miner, young Cristov, son of a miner who was Shunned for causing a coal mine to collapse, volunteers to find and work a new mine. But will that be enough to save Pern? On another front, apprentice harper Pellar, the mute, adopted son of a masterharper, is involved in searching for the Shunned and their children to help them survive the coming Thread. A number of well-limned major characters move the plot forward with the long series' expected momentum, and as usual, the interactions between humans, dragons, fire lizards, and whers put the richly detailed story on a par with the rest of the Pern canon. Sally Estes
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From Publishers Weekly

The McCaffreys' second fire-breathing collaboration (after 2003's Dragon's Kin) again proves why these fabled dragons still cast a spell. Pellar, a mute Apprentice Harper; Halla, a homeless girl; and Cristov, a miner's son, learn invaluable life lessons as the planet Pern prepares for the return of the deadly Red Star and its annihilating "Thread," which can only be destroyed by firestone-fueled dragonfire. But mining firestone is dangerous work, often carried out by children of disenfranchised criminals called the Shunned. Accompanied by his new fire-lizard Chitter, Pellar joins Masterharper Zist in a search for Moran, a missing Journeyman Harper who's involved with the Shunned. Pellar finds his fate intertwined with Halla, but his tangle with Tenim, a ruthless thief, almost keeps them apart. Their friend Cristov learns about the Shunned firsthand after a terrible mine explosion. Fortunately, events lead to dragon-riding wish fulfillment and a remarkable discovery. While it allegorizes the risks of mining fossil fuels and the horrors of slave labor, this coming-of-age fantasy offers suitable dragon play for all ages. (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the audio_download edition.

About the Author

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction’s most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Todd McCaffrey is the bestselling author of the Pern novels Dragonsblood and Dragonheart, and the co-author, with his mother, Anne McCaffrey, of Dragon’s Kin, Dragon’s Fire, and Dragon Harper. A computer engineer, he currently lives in Los Angeles. Having grown up in Ireland with the epic of the Dragonriders of Pern,® he is burst-ing with ideas for new stories of that world, its people, and its dragons.

Dick Hill has been named a Golden Voice and a Voice of the Century by AudioFile Magazine. He has received three Audie Awards, the audiobook industry's top award. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction's most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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Todd McCaffrey is the New York Times Bestselling author of over forty books, hailed by some as "A Modern Master Of The Craft."
He writes both science fiction and fantasy, including eight in the Dragonriders of Pern (R) universe. the six-book Canaris Rift Series, the on-going Steamworld series (The Steam Walker, The Steam Spy), the new LA Witch series, and the Twin Soul Series in collaboration with the Winner Twins.
He has recently re-released his collection, The One Tree Of Luna (And Other Stories), as well as a new collection (Dare To Be Mighty).
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 18, 2006

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"The Red Star grows larger and Thread will return." This quote, taken from Lord Fenner of Crom Hold, nicely sums up the situation in Anne and Todd McCaffrey's latest Pern collaboration, "Dragon's Fire". In only eighteen more years (or, rather, "Turns"), the world's ancient nemesis will return, a rogue planet called "The Red Star". It will tow in its wake hordes of deadly space spores; these will rain down relentlessly upon the planet for almost a lifetime. In contact with Pern's moist, warm atmosphere, the spores become Threads, organisms which voraciously consume all organic material. Only three things can stop Threads: water, solid rock, and the fire of the great, genetically engineered dragons of Pern.

By the time of "Dragon's Fire", the settlers have been on Pern for almost 500 Turns. Memories of Old Earth are fading, and Pern has fully developed the feudalistic society familiar to all long-time fans of the Dragonrider novels. Inevitably, as the Pernese prepare for the return of their ancient enemy at the start of the Third Pass, they meet up with a slew of challenges requiring the most urgent attention.

In "Dragon's Kin", the previous book of this storyline, we were introduced to the coal miners living in Camp Natalon, located in the hills near Crom. Of special import were the following characters: Masterharper Zist; Kindan, an orphaned miner boy; a blind girl named Nuella; a seemingly deranged villain named Tarik, himself a miner; Tarik's troubled young son, Cristov. We learned that coal has been getting harder to find close to the surface, and we learned new and important details about the watch-whers, ungainly creatures closely related to dragons, but comfortable only in dark places like mines.

So, has the figurative coal seam of Pern's early history been played out? Hardly! There are many new veins to be discovered and quarried.

While "Dragon's Fire" is technically a sequel to "Dragon's Kin", it actually consists internally of two books; I will treat them here as two separate entities.

The events of the first book, called "Pellar", run mostly parallel to those in "Dragon's Kin". We learn of the great personal tragedy which leads to Master Zist going to Camp Natalon, a rather unlikely place for a Masterharper to be. We are also introduced to his adopted son Pellar, a mute boy with a great talent for hunting, tracking and other woodcraft, also healing. These two characters have a good reason to be in Camp Natalon: they are investigating the steady pilferage of coal. They have their suspects, but need proof.

I actually liked "Pellar" much more than "Dragon's Kin". Although the latter was an enjoyable read, it suffered from two significant flaws. First, Todd's literary voice did not blend well with his mother's. Second, the behavior of miner Tarik, and to a lesser extent Masterharper Zist, just didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. They just didn't have the right kinds of motivations -- especially Tarik. But "Pellar" provides a wealth of much-needed background information and clarification. Also, the authors' writing styles are much more harmonious now. No doubt, this is because Anne and Todd have had more practice in working together; also, Todd has matured as a writer in his own right.

"Pellar" introduces us to a few more important characters. There is the Shunned girl Halla. There is the journeyman harper Moran. We learn early on that he was supposed to be on a clandestine mission to learn more about the Shunned, but mysteriously vanished. What has he been up to? And then there's a ruthless new villain, Tenim.

To understand a little about the Shunned, just think of the Holdless of Ninth Pass Pern, two thousand Turns in the future. These people are depicted in "The Renegades of Pern", but "Dragon's Fire" introduces enough of a twist to the concept to avoid being overly repetitious. What will happen to them when Thread starts falling? Does anyone care?

The second part of "Dragon's Fire" shares the name of the whole volume, and takes place in the Turns after "Dragon's Kin". A new problem is arising for Pern: firestone. This is the combustible rock which dragons must chew to produce flame, vital in searing Thread from the skies. The problem is that firestone is TOO combustible. The mines have an unfortunate tendency to explode. Dragons hate the stuff, but nobly chew it anyway for the good of all Pern. Experienced, non-crispy miners are in desperately short supply, and there are few volunteers. How has Pern managed to put up with this mess for so long?

There is another brewing crisis involving the watch-whers, but I won't give any details away.

In corresponding with Todd himself, I learned that "Dragon's Kin" was really meant to be a "Young Adult" novel, but because of its being part of the Pern series, it was published under the standard Del Rey label instead. I would rate "Dragon's Fire" the same way, given how most of the protagonists are children, and the story is told mainly from their viewpoint. They face challenges familiar to many of the young people on Pern: learning who they are, and coping with the often heartbreaking fact that life frequently isn't very fair.

"Young Adult" or not, there is plenty here for us older readers to enjoy. Don't let it deter you.

A few miscellaneous thoughts: Todd (I'm sure it has to be Todd) adds a lot of fascinating details to Pern. Things like the colors of dragon eggs or what firestone actually looks like. There are whole chapters devoted to the Spring Games (in this era called the All-Weyr Games). This is an annual contest held by the Weyrs during an Interval to keep practicing Thread-fighting techniques.

There are a few flaws in "Dragon's Fire". I noticed one jarring contradiction, involving Pellar's rank as a harper. Again, some of the villains just don't seem to have convincing motives. Maybe they're just deranged. Hopefully a future sequel will explain things better.

Given how I got only an hour and a half of sleep last night, being totally drawn into this story, I definitely give it two thumbs up. If you're a major fan of Pern, by all means get this book in hardcover.

I'm looking forward to chewing on the next installment. Bring it on!

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MIKE

better than the previous book, but it has its faults.....

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thtis book was better than Dragons Blood which was so disjointed and confusing with various timelines and characters. HOWEVER, if the next book in the series uses the phrase, "_____________ pursed their lips......, a thousand times, as this book did, I will cease reading the series. I have read all the previous books and tire quickly of PURSED LIPS. It is boringly unnecessary. No one PURSES their lips that frequently. Good Grief.

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Brian H. Beims

I ordered so many of these and they all came in perfect condition

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One, if not the best, of my favorite series when I was growing up. Now that I’m 58, grasping my happiness from the past, these are still my go to for quiet time, thrilling in all emotions. Parents? Trust me, these are awesome, wholesome books for one and all. They need to make these into movies!!

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SDK

Love this series of books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2022

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Long time fan of this series of books! First Anne McCaffrey and now her son Todd who kept the series going after her passing away.

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Dorina George Amoroso

Great story!

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I'm really glad Todd has taken on writing in his mother's world. She was my first and favorite Sci Fi author when I was a teen and I purchased every release in hardcover that I could. I had to donate my books to a library when I moved, but I just purchased all of them again in the kindle version and I'm rereading everything in chronological order of Pern's history. During this crazy Covid-19 time, I wanted to relive the pleasure I had when I first read them. And I'm now reading Todd's books for the first time, and I love them. I hope you will all enjoy them as well. Stay safe!

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So that's where firestone comes from...

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I liked the story of this one a little better than others from its time era. Maybe it was because there was overall less tragedy in this tale (although there was some), or maybe it was because it touched on something "new" in the Pern series. Firestone was always a background element in the series, but its procurement (and the logistics of maintaining a supply) were never touched on.

A lot of Todd's literary contributions to Pern seem a LOT more thought out logisitically than Anne's were alone. It's noticeable in both the collaborative works as well as his singular works. Whether those logistics are accurate, I can't say. Sometimes, they're gone into a little too deeply or too much tied into the plot, and the characters just seem added around logistical calculations.

I still enjoyed all of Todd's contributions to Pern, and this collaberation was probably one of the best.

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Eq50

Beautifully written

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I love going into the past to flush out the history of Pern.
Anne McCaffrey is a masterful story teller. Todd McCaffrey is following in his mother's footsteps.

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Great books except fro greedy Amazon.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2019

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These books, even with the controversy of the writing differences between mom and sibs, are always a worthwhile read. Having these books on Kindle (aka readers for phone and other tablets and computers) is a great reason to live in the 21st century. The only gripe for me is that these books that in reality, do not physically exist unless you were to Print them or order the print version, are about the same price they were when I bought some of them 30 years ago In Hardback! Also, I see that the Kindel book is more expensive than Audiobook! Amazon Greed needs pushback by customers on all fronts.

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redbird

Meh

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 6, 2022

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Not the best book in the series....certainly the worst so far...
So much going on...and yet so little. Not much to care about after awhile...since we already know what happens in the future (previous books).
And a character disappeared and then reappeared conveniently, with an extremely convenient explanation as to how he survived. I love Pern, and the characters of Pern...but this book is not worthy.

Christene Hart

Dragon Fire A New Adventure of Pern

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on June 5, 2015

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Having been a great fan of Anne McCaffrey's stories for 30 or more years I have appreciated the continuence the Pern series that Todd has given to the beautiful Dragons. This book takes us back to early stages of humans settling on Pern when the Dragons were still being developed. It fills in the background to many of the later stories. I enjoyed it very much even though the writing felt different.

2011cardar

Dragon's fire

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 22, 2013

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I really love this product as I love all of Ann McAffrey books and audiobooks. I would recommend it to anyone who loves dragons stories.

Amazon Customer kathryn rhodenizer

Son like Mom!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 25, 2012

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Todd has done a magnificent job keeping the stories of Pern in print!! The prose is rich and clear. Can't wait for more, Todd!

LAURENS

Pourquoi faire?

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on September 3, 2014

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La série des dragons de Pern est vraiment un incontournable de la SF pour moi.
Malheureusement ce livre n'apporte rien à la série d'origine. Il est de plus confus avec de nombreux personnages portant des noms similaires...
J'ai mis 3 étoiles pour la série d'origine mais pas pour cette suite à éviter.
A noter le livre audio est très bien lu.

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