Anne McCaffrey

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....

When the voice of Piemur, an apprentice at Harper Hall, changes, he has to leave the companionship of Master Shonagar behind. But his disappointment is soon replaced by a new challenge....

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....

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

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....

Menolly has returned home and entered the Harper Hall....

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell....

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

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....

Life in the Harper Hall is busy for best friends Kindan, Nonala, and Kelsa. Then fate intervenes in the form of a virulent plague as fast-spreading as it is deadly....

Sassinak was 12 when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength.

Like every other citizen of the Federation of Sentient Planets, Lunzie Mespil believed that no harm would come to her, but when the planet pirates attack the space liner on which she is a passenger, she might have to suffer more than just inconvenience....

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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