Dragon's Fire

Dragon's Fire
Dragon's Fire  
First hardback edition cover
Youll cover of US editions[a]
Author(s) Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
Cover artist Paul Youll
Steve Weston (UK)[a]
Country United States
Language English
Series Dragonriders of Pern
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Del Rey Books
Publication date 11 July 2006
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 366 (hard editions)
ISBN 0-345-48028-7
OCLC Number 64453478
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22
LC Classification PS3563.A255 D775 2006
Preceded by Dragonsblood
Followed by Dragon Harper

Dragon's Fire is a fantasy or science fiction novel novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd McCaffrey, Published in 2006, it was the twentieth book in the Dragonriders of Pern series that she initiated in 1967.[1]

Dragon's Fire may be considered the second of a trilogy by the McCaffreys, between Dragon's Kin and Dragon Harper. Primarily the three books feature Kindan as a boy and young man, about 500 years after landing on Pern (500 AL). He is not the protagonist of Dragon's Fire, however, which is told from the viewpoints of three others in his generation, Cristov, Pellar, and Halla.

Contents

Plot summary

Pellar's story provides background information related to the previous title Dragon's Kin. Cristov's story is mostly new material (blue firestone that survives in water) and takes place after the events in Pellar's. The focus of Cristov's story is the problem-laden transition from firestone to the phosphine-bearing rock that is used by later generations of dragons.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Dragon's Fire publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists cover artist Paul Youll for both US editions and Steve Weston for both UK editions, as of 2011-10-13.

References

  1. ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

External links

Dragon's Fire publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database