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In the Ny Times-Bestselling mom-and-daughter team of Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey comes the ultimate payment in the captivating Pern saga that started with Todd’s solo book, Dragonsblood. Today, with all Pern imperiled from the effects of a problem that killed scores of dragons and quit the earth hopeless from the drop of life-threatening Line, the only real expect the near future is based on yesteryear.   There, on an untouched area, several dragonriders brought by Xhinna, a courageous young lady who rides the orange dragon Tazith, should fight life-threatening Merows and insatiable canal-snakes to construct a secure house for themselves and the dragons, whose offspring may one day—if they survive—replenish Pern’s ruined dragon populace. But whilst the first female Weyrleader within the background of Pern, and the first female driver of the blue monster, Xhinna faces an uphill battle in earning the devotion and admiration of her friends.