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The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey
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**Winner of the Ditmar International Science Fiction Award**
**Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel**
Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern and discover not only its flora, fauna, population and cultural hierarchy, but the history of an entire civilization. If you like David Eddings, David Gemmell and Douglas Adams, you will love this.

'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'One of McCaffrey's best!'— ***** Reader review
'You cannot fail to be totally immersed in this fantastic story, thrilling to the extreme.' — ***** Reader review
'If you have never tried the series, do. You won't regret it.' — ***** Reader review

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A BOND IS FORMED THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN...
Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth.
Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth possessed remarkable qualities. Not only could he communicate with the iridescent, fluttering fire lizards, but he could fly. Back in time to any WHEN with unfailing accuracy.
Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything, but Jaxom knew his dragon was special. In secret they trained to fight against the burning threads from the Red Planet, to fly Back in time as well as Between, and finally their close and special union was to result in the most startling and breathtaking discovery of all...
THE WHITE DRAGON is one of the most unforgettable episodes in Anne McCaffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern...
The Dragonriders of Pern series continues in Dragondrums.

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Series: Dragonriders of Pern Publisher: Transworld

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  • ISBN: 9781448127955
  • File size: 912 KB
  • Release date: July 31, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781448127955
  • File size: 4156 KB
  • Release date: July 31, 2012

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OverDrive Read
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subjects

Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:920
Text Difficulty:4-5

**Winner of the Ditmar International Science Fiction Award**
**Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel**
Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern and discover not only its flora, fauna, population and cultural hierarchy, but the history of an entire civilization. If you like David Eddings, David Gemmell and Douglas Adams, you will love this.

'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'One of McCaffrey's best!'— ***** Reader review
'You cannot fail to be totally immersed in this fantastic story, thrilling to the extreme.' — ***** Reader review
'If you have never tried the series, do. You won't regret it.' — ***** Reader review

*******************************************************************************

A BOND IS FORMED THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN...
Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth.
Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth possessed remarkable qualities. Not only could he communicate with the iridescent, fluttering fire lizards, but he could fly. Back in time to any WHEN with unfailing accuracy.
Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything, but Jaxom knew his dragon was special. In secret they trained to fight against the burning threads from the Red Planet, to fly Back in time as well as Between, and finally their close and special union was to result in the most startling and breathtaking discovery of all...
THE WHITE DRAGON is one of the most unforgettable episodes in Anne McCaffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern...
The Dragonriders of Pern series continues in Dragondrums.

Expand title description text
Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction