Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
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| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Released | September 1984 |
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| Pages | 358 |
| ISBN | ISBN 034529873X |
| Preceded by | Dragondrums |
| Followed by | Nerilka's Story |
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern is a novel by Anne McCaffrey set in the near-legendary past of Pern.
Published in 1984, it was the first dragonrider book that told stories from a different era in Pernese history.
The story of a deadly disease that nearly wiped out the Pernese population. Moreta is a weyrwoman at Fort Weyr that sets out to save the human population, racing against time itself. The follow-up novel, Nerilka's Story tells the tale of the same event, from a different perspective.
[edit] From the Publisher
An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch. Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders were dying; and the mysterious ailment had spread to all but the most inaccessible holds. Pern was in mortal danger. For, if dragonriders did not rise to char Thread, the parasite would devour any and all organic life it encountered. The future of the planet rested in the hands of Moreta and the other dedicated, selfless Pernese leaders. But of all their problems, the most difficult to overcome was time.
| The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey | |
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| The Dragonriders of Pern trilogy | Dragonflight | Dragonquest | The White Dragon |
| The Harper Hall trilogy | Dragonsong | Dragonsinger | Dragondrums |
| Other novels | Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | Nerilka's Story | Dragonsdawn | Renegades of Pern | All the Weyrs of Pern |
| The Dolphins of Pern | Dragon's Eye | The Masterharper of Pern | The Skies of Pern | |
| Short Story Collections | The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | A Gift of Dragons |
| Novels by Todd McCaffrey | Dragon's Kin | Dragonsblood | Dragon's Fire |
