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The White Dragon
  • Published: 31 March 1999
  • ISBN: 9780552113137
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99
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The White Dragon

(Dragonriders of Pern: 5): the climactic Epic from one of the most influential fantasy and SF writers of her generation



A story about the Dragons of Pern.

Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth possessed remarkable qualities. Not only could he communicate with the iridescent, fluttering fire lizards, but he could fly. Back in time to any WHEN with unfailing accuracy. Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything, but Jaxom knew his dragon was special. In secret they trained to fight against the burning threads from the Red Planet, to fly Back in time as well as Between, and finally their close and special union was to result in the most startling and breathtaking discovery of all... THE WHITE DRAGON is one of the most unforgettable episodes in Anne McCaffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern.

  • Published: 31 March 1999
  • ISBN: 9780552113137
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey was one of the world's leading science-fiction writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the ‘Garden of Ireland’, County Wicklow, until her death in 2011 at the age of eighty-five. She is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern® series. Her website is www.pernhome.com.

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Praise for The White Dragon

Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants

The Times