Thread: deadly silver strands
that fall from the sky like rain,
devouring every organic thing
in their path,animals,plants,
and people alike. Who could
believe that such horrible things
couls exist? After all,it's been
two-hundred years since Thread
supposedly fell on Pern.No one
alive remembers that first
onslaught.There's no sign of it
anywhere in the world.Only the
dragons,orginally created to be
a weapon against Thread,are
still around to remind people
that once before their population
was decimated,their hopes and
dreams and livelihoods almost
destroyed forever.
For two centuries the
dragonriders have been
practicing and training,passing
down from generation to
generation the threadfighting
techniques learned on the fly by
their besieged ancestors. And
most of the Lord Holders are
prepared to protect their people
to provide sanctuary,to
assemble groundcrews to search
out and destroy any Thread that
might be missed by the dragons
soaring overhead. All but one.
Even now the ominous signs are
appearing:the violent winter
storms and volcanic eruptions
that are said to herhald the
approach of the red Star and its
lethal spawn.Impossibly,one
stubborn Lord Holder, Chalkin
of Bitra ,refuses to believe and
that disbelief could spell
disater for all of Pern.So while
the dragonriders desperatly
train to face an enemy they've
never fought before,they and
the other Lord Holders must
find a way to deal with Chalkin
and protect Bitra.
Such a situation can never be
allowed to happen again .If only
a way could be devised to warn
future generations of impending
Threadfall,and to instill in them
an unquestioning belief in its
dangers.
Join Weyrleaders,Holders,and
Craftmasters in the creation of
the legendary star Stones and
the teaching ballads of Pern!
.... |