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....

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

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

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....

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

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

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....

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....

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....

Hypatia Cade—a headstrong, smart, and spunky 7-year-old girl—falls ill after contracting an alien virus that renders her a quadriplegic. Robbed of her mobility, Tia's only hope to be free of the prison of her body is to train to be one of the legendary star travelers, a brainship....

Maelstrom follows Murel and Ronan Shongili, telepathic 10-year-old twins who have the special ability to turn into river seals....

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

Strange things are happening on the icy planet of Petaybee. Unauthorized, genetically engineered species have been spotted, and the locals may be deliberately hiding something—perhaps even plotting rebellion. Yana is the ideal person to get close to the natives....

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.

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

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....

Sassinak and Lunzie team up with the other Generation Warriors to save the galaxy once and for all from the threat posed by the pirates—and worse—in this hair-raising conclusion to the Planet Pirates trilogy....

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

It's the dawning of a new age for mankind when the Catteni descend to Earth and easily overcome the Earth's population....