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Moreta


Classification

Series Number: 59
Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Pern
Condition: Used
Read: ✓
Shelf: 29
Goodreads: Yes

General

Subtitle: Dragonlady of Pern
Author: McCaffrey, Anne
Binding: Paperback
Cover Price: 1.75
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Publishing

Publisher: Del Rey
Copyright Year: 1983
Publication Year: 1984
ISBN#: 0-345-29873-X
LCCN#: 83004630
Pages: 384
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Comments

An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch. Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders were dying; and the mysterious ailment had spread to all but the most inaccessible holds. Pern was in mortal danger. For, if dragonriders did not rise to char Thread, the parasite would devour any and all organic life it encountered. The future of the planet rested in the hands of Moreta and the other dedicated, selfless Pernese leaders. But of all their problems, the most difficult to overcome was time...