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Dragon Harper 
Youll cover of US editions[a]Author(s) Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey Cover artist Paul Youll
Les Edwards (UK)Country United States Language English Series Dragonriders of Pern Genre(s) Science fiction novel Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date 26 December 2007 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 298 (first US edition) ISBN ISBN 978-0-345-48030-9 OCLC Number 154309096 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22 LC Classification PS3563.A255 D73 2007 Preceded by Dragon's Fire Followed by Dragonheart Dragon Harper is a fantasy or science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd McCaffrey, in the Dragonriders of Pern series that she initiated in 1967. Published forty years later, it was the twenty-first in the series.[1]
Dragon Harper may be considered the last of a trilogy by the McCaffreys, following Dragon's Kin and Dragon's Fire. Primarily the three books feature Kindan as a boy and young man, about 500 years after landing on Pern (500 AL). They were the first collaborations by mother and son.
Contents
Plot description
Similar to Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern and Nerilka's Story (near the end of the Sixth Pass), this book is set in a time of a pandemic that threatens human life on Pern (just before the third return of Thread, or Third Pass).
The story focuses on the character Kindan, featured in Dragon's Kin, who has taken a position as an apprentice at the Harper Hall. In the school-like setting, Kindan has to deal with a bully, a blossoming forbidden relationship, and his role as a protector for new female apprentices after the Masterharper breaks the former taboo against female harpers. The book then deals with an influenza-like pandemic that threatens the lives of holders, as the Weyrs must maintain a quarantine to keep their rosters healthy enough to fight the next Threadfall.
The story additionally explains the loss of many of the records kept prior, during and after colonization, further reducing the Pernese connection with its off-planet origins.
Notes
- ^ Dragon Harper publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database lists cover artist Paul Youll for all three US editions and Les Edwards for the one UK edition, as of 2011-10-13.
References
- ^ Dragonriders of Pern series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
External links
- Dragon Harper publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Dragon Harper in Ten Minutes - A Parody
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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