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Dragongirl Author(s) Todd McCaffrey Cover artist Les Edwards[a] Country United States Language English Series Dragonriders of Pern Genre(s) Science fiction novel Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date July 2010 Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Pages 482[a] ISBN ISBN 0-345-49116-5 Dewey Decimal 813'.54—dc22 LC Classification PS3563.A25525 D68 Preceded by Dragonheart Followed by Dragon's Time Dragongirl is a fantasy or science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey in the Dragonriders of Pern series that his mother Anne McCaffrey initiated in 1967. Published in 2010, it was is the sequel to Dragonheart and third with Todd as sole author.[1]
Contents
Plot overview
Dragongirl is set primarily during a few months of year 508 AL (After Landing on Pern), beginning weeks after the start of the "Third Pass" of the Red Star and its attendant Threadfall. Primarily it continues the story of gold dragonrider Fiona of Fort and the people she leads. In broad terms, it continues the history of the crisis that the start of every Pass brings to Pern, the third such crisis.
Plot summary
Until nearly the end of Dragonheart, Fiona had been a very young Weyrleader in the past, during a long episode of time travel. Essentially, she had led a large group of young dragons and young dragonriders with the primary purpose simply to survive and to mature in the relative safety of the past. That worked, and so they gained time, or adult man- and dragonpower, for the Pernese to handle the current crisis. Upon return from the past, Fiona is no longer Weyrleader, but she has that experience, and the proven love and loyalty of many who had traveled with her.
Early in Dragongirl, the entire force of centrally located Telgar Weyr is lost to a sudden disaster — all its mature dragons and dragonriders, about 300 pairs. That leaves only the support population, with almost no adult men, and some of the young, retired, or sick. Fiona's group of recent travelers is transferred to Telgar, among others, and she is Weyrleader again.
Following the plague that had decimated the dragons, and the loss of an entire Weyr, the remaining dragons are overstretched, and the limited numbers lead to even further casualties. The novel follows Fiona, now as Weyleader of Telgar, as the dragonriders come to realise that there are no longer enough dragons to protect the planet for the whole Pass.
Notes
- ^ a b Dragongirl publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists 464pp and no cover artist. Page numbers in the first US hardcover run to 482 without padding, and there is preliminary material. The jacket identifies cover artist Les Edwards.
References
- ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
External links
- Dragongirl publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey The Dragonriders of Pern trilogy The Harper Hall trilogy Other novels Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern · Nerilka's Story · Dragonsdawn · Renegades of Pern · All the Weyrs of Pern · The Dolphins of Pern · Dragonseye · The Masterharper of Pern · The Skies of PernShort Story Collections The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall · A Gift of DragonsOther publications Novels with Todd McCaffrey Novels by Todd McCaffrey Companion books The Atlas of Pern by Karen Wynn Fonstad · People of Pern by Robin Wood and Anne McCaffrey · Dragonlover's Guide to Pern by Jody Lynn Nye and Anne McCaffrey · Characters in Dragonriders of Pern
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