Dragonseye

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Dragonseye
also Red Star Rising
also Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern
Hardback edition cover
Author Anne McCaffrey
Country United States
Language English
Series Pern
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Del Rey (1st edition hardcover)
Publication date January 28, 1997
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 353 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-345-38821-6
Preceded by The Dolphins of Pern
Followed by The Master Harper of Pern

Dragonseye (published in the United Kingdom as Red Star Rising and Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern) is a fantasy-science fiction novel by Anne McCaffrey that was first published in 1997.

[edit] Plot introduction

After the events of All the Weyrs of Pern and The Dolphins of Pern, Thread is less of a threat to the planet. Returning to an earlier time in Pernese history, the author brings the earlier conflict of Thread reappearing in the Second Pass.

Following in the footsteps of the novels that established the background of the colony, the book exposes the incremental loss of technology due to the hardships of thread, and inevitable progress towards the more feudal society shown later in the series timeline. It answers such questions as the following:

  • What happened to the computers?
  • What happened to the technology?
  • Who created the Star Stones?