The White Dragon (novel)
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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 | Ballantine Books |
| Released | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 497 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-27567-5 (first edition) |
| Preceded by | Dragonquest |
| Followed by | Dragonsong |
The White Dragon is a 1978 fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey. It is the third book in the Dragonriders of Pern series. The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1979.
The first part of the novel was released 3 years earlier as A Time When [1]
[edit] Plot introduction
The White Dragon follows the Coming of age story of Jaxom, the young Lord of Ruatha Hold, who had accidentally impressed the unusual white dragon Ruth in Dragonquest and Dragonsong. As Jaxom grows up, he has to deal with the difficulty of being both a Lord Holder and a dragonrider, the maturity of Ruth (who besides being white is a runt), his own teenage angst and desire to fight Thread on his own, and the rebellious Oldtimers, who attempt to steal a golden egg from Benden Weyr. Fortunately, Ruth always knows when he is and can travel through time to avert the growing political crisis. But while fighting Thread, Jaxom falls ill to a deadly sickness, Fire-Head. This leads him to recuperate in Southern Hold, and while there helps him discover the mysteries the ancients, ancestors of the Pernese, left behind and help make more sense of the past.
[edit] References
- ^ Anne McCaffrey at NESFA Press. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
| The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
