Nerilka's Story
core novel 1986 Dragonriders of Pern
Record
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (18,873 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345331595 |
Synopsis
A companion novel to Moreta, Nerilka's Story retells events of the same plague crisis from the perspective of a young noblewoman, Nerilka. The unloved and overlooked daughter of Lord Holder Tolocamp, Nerilka has spent years being passed over for marriage and treated as useful mainly for household chores, while her more favored half-sisters receive their father's attention and better prospects. When the plague begins spreading across Pern and her father refuses to send aid to the suffering hold of a man she was once meant to marry, Nerilka defies him and sets out on her own to help, using skills in healing and organization that her family never valued. Her journey runs parallel to Moreta's efforts at Fort Weyr, showing the same crisis from ground level as ordinary people struggle to cope with the disease's spread.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dragonriders of Pern
- Series: Moreta / Nerilka core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anne McCaffrey
Notes
- From the series record (Moreta / Nerilka): A duology set generations before the original trilogy ('Sixth Pass' era).
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 Moreta / Nerilka: position 2 of 2: previous Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pern_books
- https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pern_series
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_McCaffrey
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