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Riders of Pern

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Many, many generations ago, humans landed on the flourishing planet of Pern, an Earth-like planet nestled beneath the yellow star Rakbat in the distant constellation Sagittarius. The new world resembled a paradise, and the aliens from Earth founded a colony there. Who could have known that the Crimson Star, a small red planet, orbited Pern in an elongated elliptical orbit. Every two hundred years, as it approached Pern, it dropped silvery Threads—spores that destroyed all life—into its atmosphere. Paradise became hell, and this lasted for half a century. The only salvation from the scourge descending upon the planet from space were the fire-lizards, winged lizards that spewed fire from their mouths and burned away the deadly Threads. Over time, the descendants of the humans bred these creatures into enormous dragons to protect the planet, and each dragon had a rider, a human possessing a strong mental bond with their winged comrade. But there are long Intervals when the Scarlet Star's orbit passes far from Pern, and the Threads fail to reach the planet. And during one of these periods, when life on Pern has improved and people have forgotten everything connected with past tragedies, faith in the mission of the dragon riders and saviors of the planet—the dragons—fades. It is then that the sky of Pern is illuminated by the ominous light of the approaching Scarlet Star...
In 2026, the global reading community celebrates the centenary of the writer's birth, and this publication is dedicated to this momentous occasion.
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