Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
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 Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Del Rey/Ballantine |
| Released | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 286 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-29874-8 |
| Preceded by | Dragondrums, (1979) |
| Followed by | Nerilka's Story, (1985) |
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern is a 1983 fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey set in the near-legendary past of Pern. It was the first Dragonrider book that told stories from a different era in Pernese history.
It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1984.
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The story involves a deadly disease that nearly wipes 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.
| 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 | Dragonseye | 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 |
