Dragon Harper is a novel by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey. This book was released December 26, 2007. This book ties into Dragon's Kin, and Dragon's Fire.
Similar to Dragonsblood, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern and Nerilka's Story, this book is set in a time of a pandemic that threatens human life on Pern prior to the return of Thread.
The story focuses on the character Kindan, featured in Dragon's Kin, who has taken a position as an apprentice at...
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Dragon Harper is a novel by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey. This book was released December 26, 2007. This book ties into Dragon's Kin, and Dragon's Fire.
Similar to Dragonsblood, Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern and Nerilka's Story, this book is set in a time of a pandemic that threatens human life on Pern prior to the return of Thread.
The story focuses on the character Kindan, featured in Dragon's Kin, who has taken a position as an apprentice at the Harper Hall. In the school-like setting, Kindan has to deal with a bully, a blossoming forbidden relationship, and his role as a protector for new female apprentices after the Masterharper breaks the former taboo against female harpers. The book then deals with an influenza-like pandemic that threatens the lives of holders, as the Weyrs must maintain a quarantine to keep their rosters healthy enough to fight the next Threadfall.
The story additionally explains the loss of many of the records kept prior, during and after colonization,...
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