When the first humans came to
settle the planet Pern,they did
not come alone:intelligence-
enhanced dolphins also crossed
the stars to colonize the oceans
of the new planet while their
human partners settled he vast
continents. But then disater
struck.The deadly silver spores
called Thread fell like rain from
the sky, and as the human
colonists' dreams of a new,
idyllic life shattered into a
desperate struggle for survival,
the dolphins were forgotten...
Now centuries later ,as the
dragonriders of Pern were
preparing to complete the
momentous task of ridding their
world of Thread forever, T'lion,
a young bronze rider, and his
friend Readis, son of the Lord
Holder of Paradise RiverHold
made contact with the legendary
''shipfish''. And as the
dragonriders grappled with the
ending of an era,T'lion,Readis,
and the dolphins faced the start
of a new one:reviving the bond
between land-and ocean-
dwellers--and resurrecting the
dreams of the first colonist of Pern
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