Dragon's kin

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Anne McCaffrey: Dragon's kin (2003, Del Rey/Ballantine Books)

292 pages

English language

Published Sept. 30, 2003 by Del Rey/Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-46198-8
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OCLC Number:
53447747

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Beginning with the classic Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne's imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction's most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son, Todd.DRAGON'S KINYoung Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great Holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization. Mining is fraught with danger. Fortunately, the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the …

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Subjects

  • Dragons -- Fiction
  • Pern (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
  • Life on other planets -- Fiction
  • Space colonies -- Fiction