A Gift of Dragons
collection 2002 Dragonriders of Pern
Record
| First published | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | collection |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345458605 |
Synopsis
This 2002 collection brings together four stories set on Pern, most taking place roughly twenty-five hundred years after Landing during the dangerous Ninth Pass. In "The Smallest Dragonboy," a much shorter than average candidate named Keevan overcomes prejudice and a rival's cruelty to impress a bronze dragon at his Hatching. "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" follows Aramina, a holdless girl with the rare gift of hearing dragons, who becomes the target of a ruthless Lady Holdless before being rescued. "Runner of Pern" tells of Tenna, a young messenger who is knocked from the official runner routes and must confront the nobleman responsible. The original story "Ever the Twain" follows inseparable twins Neru and Nian, who are both taken to a Weyr during a Search and each successfully impress their own dragon.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragonriders of Pern
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Anne McCaffrey
Notes
- 4-novella collection.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Dragonriders of Pern (standalone work): position 17 of 26: previous The Skies of Pern (2001) · next Dragon's Kin (2003)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pern_books
- https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pern_series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gift_of_Dragons
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