This is the first in the popular long running series of PERN novels.
On a planet far from here a young woman named Leesa struggles to survive, waiting for something to happen so she reclaim her birthright. Years before a man came to her home and murdered her entire family as they slept. Only by chance had she survived, a terrified child fleeing in the dark to her last remaining refuge, the lair of the watchdragon. Over the years Leesa had done what she could to frustrate the man who had murdered her family and stolen all that they held dear, using a talent that she only slowly had come to realize as unusual. After all it had not been so unusual in her family. As she woke up cold one morning, ready to begin another day of toil and waiting little did she realize that by nightfall her life, and ultimately the fate of her planet would change drastically.
This novel introduces the reader to the PERN, a planet that was periodically ravaged by Thread, a lifeform that dropped from the skies, devouring living thing it came in contact with, leaving behind only bare, barren dirt and rock. In order to survive these decades long attacks the people of Pern had long ago formed a partnership with dragons. Their entire society was built on this relationship in a feudal system. The dragons and their riders lived in fortress like weyrs were supported by the farms and crafthalls surrounding them in return for the dragons destroying the Thread that would destroy them. This is a wonderful series with a complex group of interlocking stories about intriguing characters and thought provoking situations. McCaffery has put a great deal of thought into thoroughly planning her new world, the result of which is that the series is consistent and logical as the overall story arc builds.Get more detail about Dragonflight.
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