Nerilka's Story [SEP] series
Nerilka's Story
Nerilka's Story is a science fiction novella by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Nerilka's Story became the eighth book in the "Dragonriders of Pern" volume series.
"Moreta" (1983) and its sequel "Nerilka" (1985) are companion stories, in that the latter narrates a second perspective on major events of the former. It was the first work in the series following publication of "The Atlas of Pern", and so is not covered in the Atlas.
Plot summary.
Taking a different approach from the previous seven books in the series, "Nerilka's Story" has a non-dragonrider and non-harper as its major viewpoint character. It is set during the events detailed in "". Nerilka is the daughter of a Lord Holder who turns her back on her life in an upper-class family and sets out to fight the disease that threatens to kill all humans on Pern. According to a critic for the "Chicago Tribune", Nerilka makes for