Anne McCaffrey

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

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....

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

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

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

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....

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....

For generations, the descendants of the powerful telepath known as the Rowan have used their various talents to help mankind....

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

Parallel Earth, Resources Negligible, recommended for colonisation. Before Thread, Dragons and Holds the Yokohama, Bahrain and Buenos Airies, three mighty colony ships from earth, delivered nearly six thousand colonist to their green, beautiful new home.

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....

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

Damia had deflected a previous attack on the human worlds and sent the aliens into deep space....

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 kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League....

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....

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....

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

Sassinak was 12 when the raiders came. That made her just the right age: old enough to be used, young enough to be broken. Or so the slavers thought. But Sassy turned out to be a little different from your typical slave girl. Maybe it was her unusual physical strength.