| Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern and (US) Dragonseye |
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Eric Peterson cover of Del Rey eds. (US) |
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| Author(s) | Anne McCaffrey |
| Cover artist | Steve Weston (first) Eric Peterson (US)[lower-alpha 1] |
| Country | United Kingdom US (cover image) |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Bantam UK Del Rey Books (US) |
| Publication date | August 1996 January 1997 (US) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 335 (first) 353 pp (first US) |
| ISBN | 0-593-03770-7 |
| OCLC Number | 35650833 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Classification | PS3563.A255 D77 1997 |
| Preceded by | The Dolphins of Pern |
| Followed by | The Master Harper of Pern |
Red Star Rising or Dragonseye is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the fourteenth book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.[1]
Red Star Rising, or Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern, was published by Bantam UK in 1996. For release in the United States next year it was retitled Dragonseye.[2]
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[After the events of All the Weyrs of Pern, The Dolphins of Pern, and The Skies 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:
It also shows more about the process of caring for a newborn dragon than is shown in any of the other Pern books, and explores the ramifications of male riders of green dragons.
The main characters are Clisser (college head, Fort Hold), Chalkin (Lord Holder, Bitra), K'vin (weyrleader, Telgar), Zulaya (weyrwoman, Telgar), Iantine (journeyman artist) and Debera (green rider, Telgar)
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