The Renegades of Pern: 10 - Softcover

McCaffrey, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345369335 ISBN 13: 9780345369338

Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc., 1990

Synopsis

"[McCaffrey is the] master of the well-told tale."--Chicago Sun-Times

As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the dragonriders, Pern's greatest weapon against Thread. But not everyone on Pern was protected. Some, like Jayge's trader clan, simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. Others, like Aramina's family, had lost their homes. Regardless of their differences, however, they all feared the outlaws who preyed on holds and holdless alike.

The Lady Thella's renegades are the most dangerous yet--all they need is Aramina, whose telepathic link with dragons can help them evade the dragonrider patrols. But Jayge is out to stop Thella . . .and he will never let her have Aramina.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A classic tale from the Chronicles of Pern.

From the Back Cover:

They were the misfits, the outcasts, the murderers without Hold or Crafthall. Some were resentful, some sought vengeance, but it was not until Thella, Lady Holder of Telga, began to weld them together into a terrifying and brilliantly evil clan that they became the Renegades of Pern. It was a time of great turmoil on the planet. The pass of the Red Star had brought a new terrible reign of Threadfall, and in the Southern Hold, Toric was carving out an enormous empire for himself from lands as yet uncharted. And as the times of trouble grew, so did the ravages of Thella and her band, turning from theft to murder to vicious and insane revenge.

Jayge Lilcamp, the young trader, was one of the first to fall foul of the renegades, and as he saw what Thella had done to his family and his wagon train he began to seek his own revenge, a revenge which grew into a determination to destroy the most evil woman on Pern.

THE RENEGADES OF PERN runs concurrently with the events told in THE WHITE DRAGON. Both are episodes in Anne McCaffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0345369335
• ISBN 13: 9780345369338
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 352