Anne McCaffrey

On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound....

Menolly has returned home and entered the Harper Hall....

For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land....

These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern — in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history....

"Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again....

Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth....

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell....

Botany is free now, and so is the devastated Earth. As alien influence fades, the people of Botany must decide what kind of world they will become....

A huge space station on the fringes of human space, SSS-900 is controlled by the brain of Simeon, a shellperson who relieves his daily monotony by replaying computer simulations of great battles....

In the world of Pern, Harpers are more powerful than kings, for the music they play can control the minds of others. For young Menolly, her dreams of becoming a Harper have nothing to do with power, but rather her love of music....

In Catalyst, award-winning authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough introduced listeners to the beguiling Barque Cats....

Disdainful of the frivolity of her fellows on Vega III, Nimisha prefers the exciting and challenging world of her father, owner and principal starship designer of the famous Rondymense shipyards....

For an overpopulated Earth, whose resources are strained to the breaking point, there is only one place to look for relief: straight up....

Kris Bjornsen has come a long way since alien slave ships scooped her up in Denver with thousands of others....

The Rowan was one of the greatest telepaths ever born, treasured by the people she saved from alien invasion....

When the voice of Piemur, an apprentice at Harper Hall, changes, he has to leave the companionship of Master Shonagar behind. But his disappointment is soon replaced by a new challenge....

The shipments of Catteni slaves continue, but they find that they are enjoyably reinventing the creature comforts of home....

In a time when no Thread has fallen for centuries, a boy is born to Harper Hall....

Dragonsong is the spellbinding tale of Menolly of Half Circle Hold, a brave young girl who flees her seaside village and discovers the legendary fire lizards of Pern....

Because he is too young, Lord Jaxom is not allowed to fight the dreaded Thread, so he and his white dragon—Ruth—train themselves in secret. Their delightful, illicit flight leads them into danger—and the chance to prevent unimaginable disaster....