LESSA'S
LAST CHANCE
After ten long Turns, Lessa was ready to come out of hiding, to reclaim her birthright... and to Impress the young dragon queen and become the Weyrwoman of Benden.

Suddenly the deadly silver Threads once again threatened all Pern with destruction.  But the mighty telepathic dragons that for centuries had defended Pern were now few in number, not nearly enought to protect the planet in its hour of greatest peril.  Then Lessa hatched a daring and dangerous scheme to rally support from people who had long ago ceased to exist!

DRAGONFIRE
Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the strands before they reached the ground.

But F'lar knew he had to find a better way to protect his beloved Pern, and he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed any more dissent... before his brother F'nor would be foolhardy enough to launch another suicide mission... and before those dratted fire-lizards could stir up any more trouble!

A FANTASY
OF A TIME WHEN...
Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth.  Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would never amount to anything.

But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his dragon to fly and destroy the deadly silver Threads that fell from the sky.  Disobeying all rules, Jaxom and Ruth trained in secret.  Their illicit flights seemed but a minor disobendience - until they found themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest disaster of all!