The Dolphins Of Pern

Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this.

Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants - THE TIMES
Anne McCaffrey has written another moving book that ended with a huge smile on my face. I have not read anything she has written and been disappointed. -- ***** Reader review
Excellent, well what else should I expect from Perm? -- ***** Reader review
Absorbing -- ***** Reader review
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As a small boy, Readis Lilcamp is rescued by the shipfish when he and his uncle Alemi are caught in a sudden squall beyond Paradise River Hold. AIVAS confirms that the big fish are called dolphins, part of the original settlers of Pern.

On Earth they had been partnered with men, having learned to speak intelligible words. Readis, his Uncle Alemi and bronze Gadareths rider, Tlion of Eastern Hold, are determined to restore the doll fins to their rightful place in the ecology of Pern...and the partnership of men.

Meanwhile, the fight to rid Pern of the terrible nightmare of Thread is still all consuming. While Lord Jaxom, Flar and his dragonriders struggle to implement AIVAS instructions, other challenges are issued and answered, including one which threatens young Tlion in the shape of his older brother, a brown rider, who harbours a deep grudge.

And, of course, Readis must win his parents consent to his association with the sea dragons of Pern - the bottlenose dolphins - for they could be vital to the survival of Pern...