the longawaited new dragonriders of pern novel from bestselling author anne mccaffreyit is a time of hope and regret of endings and beginnings the red star that celestial curse whose eccentric orbit was responsible for thread has been shifted to a harmless orbit and the current threadfall will be the last technological marvels are changing the face of life on pern and the dragonriders led by flessan son of flar and lessa and rider of bronze golanth and tia rider of green zaranth must forge a new place for themselves in a world that may no longer need thembut change is not easy for everyone there are those who will stop at nothing to keep pern and its people pure and now a brandnew danger looms from the skies and threatens a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions once again the world looks to the dragons and their riders to save the world but now as the friendship of flessan and tia begins to bloom into something more unforeseen tragedy strikes a tragedy destined to forever change the futurenot just of the two young lovers but of every human and dragon on pern