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The human dwellers on the planet Pern must renew the bond with the super-intelligent dolphins in order to fight off an attack from the deadly silver spores.

Jaxom, a rebellious youth, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg, thereby averting a dragonrider war, and find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall.

Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.

HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for...

The powerful clan of telepaths known as the Rowan have joined forces with the alien Mrdini in their mutual battle against the predatory Hivers, but their alliance is threatened from within by sabotage and assassination. For generations, the descendants of the powerful telepath known as The Rowan have used their talents to benefit humanity as civilization reaches out to colonize the stars. Now, with their goals of peace and prosperity so close at...

After freeing themselves from the alien Catteni who had enslaved them, Kris Bjornsen, renegade Catteni Zainal, and their comrades on the planet Botany struggle to establish their new role in the universe.