Impossibly, one stubborn Lord Holder, Chalkin of Bitra, refuses to believe - and that disbelief could spell disaster for all of Pern. All but one.Even now the ominous signs are appearing: the violent winter storms and volcanic eruptions that are said to herald the approach of the Red Star and its lethal spawn. Only the dragons, originally created to be a weapon against Thread, are still around to remind people that once before their population was decimated, their hopes and dreams and livelihoods almost destroyed forever.įor two centuries the dragonriders have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the Threadfighting techniques learned on the fly by their besieged ancestors.Īnd most of the Lord Holders are prepared to protect their people, to provide sanctuary, to assemble groundcrews to search out and destroy any Thread that might be missed by the dragons soaring overhead. There's no sign of it anywhere in the world. Who could believe that such a horrible thing could exist? After all, it's been two hundred years since Thread supposedly fell on Pern. So as the dragonriders desperately train to face a terrifying enemy, they and the other Lord Holders must find a way to deal with Chalkin-before history repeats itself and unleashes its virulence on all of Pern.Thread: deadly silver strands that fall from the sky like rain, devouring every organic thing in their path - animals, plants, and people alike.

But one stubborn Lord Holder, Chalkin of Bitra, refuses to believe-and that disbelief could spell disaster.

Now the ominous signs are appearing: the violent winter storms and volcanic eruptions that are said to herald the approach of the Red Star and its lethal spawn. For two centuries they have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the formidable Threadfighting techniques. No one alive remembers that first horrific onslaught and no one believes in its return-except for the dragonriders. In Anne McCaffrey's New York Times bestselling Dragonseye, join Weyrleaders, Holders, and Craftmasters in the creation of the legendary Star Stones and the teaching ballads of Pern It's been two hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path.

Dragonseye by anne mccaffrey