The Renegades of Pern - Rilegato

McCaffrey, Anne

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0345340965 ISBN 13: 9780345340962

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 1989

Riassunto

A new chapter in the popular "Pern" series finds the planet's inhabitants threatened by a band of renegades that attempts to expose them to deadly airborne spores in the atmosphere

Su questo libro

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina

he people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread.

But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and protection, particularly those who had been rendered holdless as punishment for wrongdoing. And there were some, like Jayge's trader clan, who simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. Others, like Aramina's family, had lost their holds through injustice and cruelty. For all the holdless, life was a constant struggle for survival.

Then, from the ranks of the criminals and the disaffected, rose a band of renegades, led by the Lady Thella. No one was safe from Thella's depredations, and now her quarry was Aramina, reputed to have a telepathic link with dra

Product Description

The Renegades of Pern: (The Dragonriders of Pern)

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0345340965
• ISBN 13: 9780345340962
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1