| Written by
Author:Anne McCaffrey Published:1983
Story 13 in the Pern Stories series |
Moreta, Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, attends the first Gather of Alessan, The Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. Disaster strikes most of Pern in the form of a Plague. Both come down with the illness but recover to assist the other sick and dying. Because the sickness strikes both runner beast and humans, Master Healer Campian realizes that the infectious agent can be caught again by either party from the other. Moreta and several other dragonriders are called into service to travel across Pern to head off another outbreak - if they fail the destruction of Pern is likely.
First published as hardcover and paperback by Del Rey Books in 1983
Genre:Fantasy, Other Planets, Dragons, Medieval
Size:novel