Author:Anne McCaffrey,Todd McCaffrey
Kindan is an apprentice harper at the Harper Hall but he is finding the lessons very difficult and although he has his friends, Nonala, Kelsa and Verilan, he also has enemies, such as the bully Vaxoram. Things begin to improve for Kindan when he beats Vaxoram in a duel and Vaxoram becomes first his servant and then gradually his trusted friend. Then Kindan impresses a fire-lizard and becomes the proud owner of the magnicent Valla. At the hatching he meets Koriana, daughter of Lord Holder Bemin of Fort Hold. She also impresses and she and Kindan fall in love, but her parents disapprove and she has to return to Fort Hold. Then a plague begins to spread across Pern, killing nearly everyone infected. Kindan and his friends search the harper records to see if they can find a cure, but all they can find is mention of a similar plague over a hundred Turns past. As the plague gets worse Kindan and Vaxoram are sent to Fort Hold to help tend the sick. Kindan will be reunited with Koriana, but will she be free of the plague, and will he be able to find a cure before more people die?
A pleasant, feelgood read...the sort of thing that it's good to sit down with on a rainy day and read from cover to cover
—— SFXTodd McCaffrey takes the reins of the dragonriders of Pern in a coming-of-age story
—— DeathRayCaptivating . . . The McCaffreys are well known for their brilliant characterizations, and they do not disappoint here
—— BooklistProust isn't just the most profound of novelists, but the most entertaining, too. No reader ever forgets his most killingly funny scenes... Proust sinks deepest in readers because the book is so exhaustively analytical, so ceaselessly truthful. Not the least of it is the book's heavenly length, so that it inevitably takes over your life for a long stretch... the experience of reading it becomes, in itself, an unforgettable thing
—— IndependentSurely the greatest novelist of the 20th century
—— Sunday TelegraphDe Bernieres is a skilful writer, poetic but unforced, who can soothe you like a masseur, telling well-oiled stories of past excitements, and then just when you are drifting off, dexterously tweak a pressure point
—— Daily TelegraphAttractive and completely compelling
—— Daily MailA beautifully written and compelling story
—— Sunday ExpressDe Bernière's mellifluent, clear prose slips through the reader's mind with efficient ease
—— The TimesBy the end I was impressed, moved and touched
—— SpectatorA bittersweet love story
—— TatlerYou'll soon be as captivated by Roza's colourful tale as Chris is
—— SHEA bitter-sweet story of missed opportunities
—— Good Book Guide
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