The Renegades of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597370290 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Meanwhile, in the South, the young harper Piemur finds his destiny, and Toric, the first Holder there, schemes for supremacy. The large-format volume gathers together much known and some new information about Pern and its history. Jayge runs afoul of Thella, sister of the Telgar Hold lord but a malcontent and leader of renegades, when she tries to kidnap the refugee girl Aramina, who can hear all dragons. McCaffrey paints her colorful world on a still larger canvas, maintaining the complex plots and strong characterization that permeate her work. From Publishers Weekly While recent tales of Pern have dealt with early eras on that turbulent planet, this one begins during the time of Dragonquest and continues beyond the closing of The White Dragon , focusing on some of the commoners, and how they cope with the return of the life-consuming Thread. A number of lives intertwi
In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread.But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and protection, particularly those who had been rendered holdless as punishment for wrongdoing. And there were some, like Jayge's trader clan, who simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, t
Mixed review Desert Rat The rating is for both the digital condition (on Kindle) of the novel and the novel itself.The text was full of typo's, random strings of numbers and missing words. I would give the Kindle version a 2 star rating. I have only had a digital reader for 6 months and I am totally unimpressed wi. "Lost knowledge" according to Amazon Customer. To be hold less is a punishment for people who committed a crime of the holds. In times of free of threads it's more banishment from the holds. But to be holdless in the time of the thread fall it's better to kill them. But some do not want to be in a hold they are a trade clan that travels. "A Darker Side of Pern" according to RebeccaReads. How do you rate the classics? If you have never read the Pern series from Anne McCaffrey you are really missing out on an incredible adventure. I have read most of these books when they were first published, now, reading them again is like visiting some of your very favorite relatives. Ones