Dragon's Time
core novel 2011 Dragonriders of Pern
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (5,608 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345500892 |
Synopsis
Dragon's Time takes place over roughly ten days in the year 508 After Landing, about six months into the deadly opening of Pern's Third Pass of Thread. Fiona, the young Weyrwoman who now leads Telgar Weyr, and Lorana, an experienced dragon healer and time-traveler from earlier books in this arc, lead an expedition of dragonriders on a journey back through time to the unfamiliar Western Continent. Their goals are twofold: to find safety and resources away from the pressures of the present crisis, and to secure additional dragons and riders badly needed to fight Thread. The mission also opens the possibility for humans and dragons alike to rebuild their depleted numbers in this isolated refuge, even as Fiona and Lorana must balance leadership, temporal displacement, and the unresolved dangers still facing Pern in their own time.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragonriders of Pern
- Series: Dragonriders of Pern: the Third Pass era core; position 4 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 4 of 5: previous Dragon Harper (2007) · next Sky Dragons (2012)
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_Time
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