ANNE MCCAFFREY

Wie alles begann: Der neue Drachenreiter von Pern-Band der amerikanischen Bestsellerautorin erzählt die atemberaubende Geschichte der Besiedlung des Planeten Pern und enthüllt das Geheimnis der ersten Drachenreiter, das in eine dunkle Vorzeit zurückreicht.

An omnibus of two novels set on Dinosaur Planet. On Earth they had died out 70 million years ago, but on Ireta, the Dinosaurs ruled in all their bizarre splendour. An expedition sent to explore it becomes trapped when their relief ship disappears, leaving only cryogenics as a possible escape.

Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization.