Dragon's Fire
core novel 2006 Dragonriders of Pern
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.02 (10,379 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345480286 |
Synopsis
Dragon's Fire, the second entry in Anne and Todd McCaffrey's Third Pass trilogy, centers on Pellar, a talented young harper apprentice at a mining camp during the run-up to Pern's Third Pass of Thread. Sent to quietly investigate a string of coal thefts, Pellar suspects the exiled and ostracized group known as the Shunned, only to uncover a far more dangerous operation: the outlaw Tenim has found a way to profit from firestone, the volatile mineral dragons use to sear Thread from the sky, whose theft and misuse pose a serious threat to the camp and its people. As his inquiry deepens, Pellar is drawn further into the criminal underworld surrounding Tenim's scheme, testing his resourcefulness and his ties to the Harper Hall and the wider mining community.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragonriders of Pern
- Series: Dragonriders of Pern: the Third Pass era core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne McCaffrey
- Author: Todd McCaffrey
Notes
- From the series record (Dragonriders of Pern: the Third Pass era): 5 novels co-credited 'Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey' on their original editions, set in the 'Third Pass' prequel era (~500 AL). Sky Dragons (2012) was completed and published after Anne McCaffrey's November 2011 death but retains joint credit as the concluding volume of a collaborative project begun while she was alive.
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 the series Dragonriders of Pern: the Third Pass era: position 2 of 5: previous Dragon's Kin (2003) · next Dragon Harper (2007)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pern_books
- https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pern_series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_McCaffrey
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Fire
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