Dragonflight
By Anne McCaffrey
- Release Date: 1973-07-12
- Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Description
The first novel in the legendary and magical New York Times bestselling dragonriding series, “a masterpiece of adventure, intrigue, and romance” (Danielle L. Jensen), from Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Anne McCaffrey
“Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels are truly foundational books; it’s hard to imagine the modern-day landscape of fantasy and science fiction without them.”—Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series
On a beautiful world called Pern, Lessa is an outcast survivor—her parents murdered, her birthright stolen—a fierce young woman who has never stopped dreaming of revenge. That is, until an ambitious young dragonrider, F’lar, offers her something even greater: the chance to lead Pern at his side by Impressing a golden dragon with whom she will share a telepathic bond more intimate than any human connection. Although there is also her intense relationship with F’lar himself.
But Lessa’s fierceness and courage will be put to the test when an ancient scourge returns to the land: a deadly silver spore that falls from the sky, destroying all it touches. Only dragons can fight this Thread, and there are not enough dragons to protect all of Pern. Lessa and her dragon may hold the key to their world’s salvation . . . but executing her daring plan may be costlier than she ever envisioned.
Don’t miss the original trilogy from Anne McCaffrey’s beloved Dragonriders of Pern series:
DRAGONFLIGHT • DRAGONQUEST • THE WHITE DRAGON
Reviews
Great Book
5By Valley Girl 5This is the 20th time I’ve read this book. It never gets old, repetitive or not thrilling. And McCaffrey has created a worldDragonflight
3By Waste of moneaGood book but terrible copy. Several paragraphs are missing large chunks of text.This is just a short preview
1By SfjohnnoIt should have been free. It’s only part of the first chapter.Dragonflight
1By frodobeanThis book is boring. I tried to get interested in it but I just couldn’t.Dragonflight
5By LdarkfrostFrom the first moment I picked up this book as a teen I could not put it down. Very imaginative with a scientific twist, and there are many books in the series to look forward to after reading this one. A rich, fully imagined world.Dragonflight
1By studio003Do not recommend. Love dragons, after reading the Paolini, “Inheritance Cycle”, was looking for another fantasy dragon book. This does not even come close to Paolini’s amazing books. No character development, simplistic writing, misogynistic, full of strange names. Ugh!Dragon flight
5By LadyamiraAn excellent read !Amazing
5By SkoomaeaterThis book is a perfect place to start an epic journey spanning several novels. Anne is a wonderful author and paints beautiful pictures in the readers' minds. Once you start this series, you can't help but keep going.
