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Author:Anne McCaffrey Published:1988
Story 15 in the Pern Stories series |
Over 6,000 people of the Federated Sentient Planets spend fifteen years in deep sleep on a one-way trip to establish a colony on Pern. The landing is succcessful and proceeds for several years until the first arrival of Thread. The threadfall is devastating. Scientists determine that this is not a short-term problem. Realizing help cannot come from the FSP, the colonists discover they might be able to alter the genetic structure of Pern's fire-lizards. The scientists make the necessary alterations and wait with little hope for the final result.
First published as hardcover and paperback by Del Rey Books in 1988
Genre:Fantasy, Other Planets, Dragons, Medieval
Size:novel
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