For generations, the
dragonriders had dedicated their
lives to fighting Thread, the
dreaded spores that periodically
rained from the sky to ravage
the land. On the backs of their
magnificent telepathic dragons
they flew to flame the deadly
stuff out of the air before it
could reach the planet's surface.
But the greatest dream of the
dragonriders wad to find a way
to eradicate Thread completely,
so that never again would their
beloved Pern be threatened with
destruction.Now ,for the first
time,it looked as if that dream
could come true.For when the
people of Pern ,led by
Masterharper Robinton and
F'lar and Lessa,Weyrleader and
weyrwoman of benden Weyr,
exacavated the ancient remains
of the planet's original
settlement,they uncovered the
colonists' voice-activated
artificial intelligence system-
which still functioned! And the computer had incredible news
for them: There was a chance...a
good chance...that they could at
long last,annihilate Thread
once and for all!!
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