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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Dragon's Fire by Anne McCaffrey

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Also by Anne McCaffrey:

Dragondrums, May 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsinger, April 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsong, March 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Lyon's Pride, October 2012
Paperback (reprint)
Sky Dragons, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragon's Time, June 2012
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragongirl, August 2010
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragonheart, November 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragon Harper, October 2008
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsong, June 2008
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragondrums, June 2008
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsinger, June 2008
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragon's Fire, December 2007
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
No One Noticed the Cat, June 2007
Mass Market Paperback
Dragon's Fire, August 2006
Hardcover
Dragonsblood, February 2005
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragon's Kin, December 2004
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsong, April 2003
Paperback
A Gift of Dragons, November 2002
e-Book (reprint)
The Planet Pirates, August 2002
Paperback
The Skies of Pern, January 2002
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Masterharper of Pern, December 1998
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonseye, December 1997
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Dolphins of Pern, October 1995
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, September 1994
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
All the Weyrs of Pern, November 1992
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Renegades of Pern, August 1990
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonsdawn, August 1989
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonriders Of Pern, October 1988
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Nerilka's Story, January 1987
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The White Dragon, November 1986
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonquest, October 1986
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragonflight, May 1986
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, September 1984
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

Also by Todd McCaffrey:

Dragonholder, January 2015
e-Book
Sky Dragons, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragon's Time, June 2012
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragongirl, August 2010
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragonheart, November 2008
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragon Harper, October 2008
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragon's Fire, December 2007
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dragon's Fire, August 2006
Hardcover
Dragonsblood, February 2005
Hardcover / e-Book
Dragon's Kin, December 2004
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)

Dragon's Fire
Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey

The Dragonriders of Pern
Del Rey
August 2006
Featuring: Pellar
384 pages
ISBN: 0345480287
EAN: 9780345480286
Hardcover
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Science Fiction | Fantasy

Bringing fresh wonders and dangers to light in the skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd, who demonstrated his writing talents in the bestselling novels Dragon’s Kin and Dragonsblood, return with their second collaboration: a thrilling adventure of discovery and fate.

Pellar is an orphan taken in by Masterharper Zist. Though born mute, Pellar is a gifted tracker, and when Zist sets off to take over as harper for Natalon’s coal-mining camp, Pellar–along with his fire-lizard, Chitter–joins him on a secret mission of his own: to find out if reported thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.

Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their parents’ crimes, these children have inherited their cruel punishment. Lack of food, shelter, and clothes is their lot; hope is unknown to them. And what future would they hope for? Without a hold to call their own, there will be no protection for them when the lethal Thread inevitably falls again. Life is even tougher for Halla. Her family gone, she must fend for herself. Yet despite the brutality of her surroundings, Halla is kind and gentle, devoted to those more helpless than she.

As depraved as Halla is good, Tenim is in league with Tarik, a crooked miner from Camp Natalon, who helps him steal coal in exchange for a cut of the profit. But Tenim soon realizes there is a lot more to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn Thread out of the sky. Tenim doesn’t care what he has to do, or whom he has to kill, in order to corner the market.

Cristov is Tarik’s son. Dishonored by his father’s greed and treachery, the boy must make amends somehow, even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile firestone, which detonates on contact with the slightest drop of moisture.

When the last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn tragedy to his own advantage, and only Pellar, Halla, and Cristov can stop him–and ensure that there will be a future for all on the world of the Dragonriders.

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