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For two hundred years there had been peace on Pern - but now the signs were ominous. Violent weather storms and erupting volcanos heralded the coming of the second Pass of Thread, when the red planet would rain down its horrifying harvest which destroyed every living organism on the face of Pern. No human or dragon or animal or plant was safe from the hideous death inflicted by Thread.
Weyrs and Holds tried to prepare, but they had serious problems. Over the generations much of the old technology had been lost. AIVAS, the giant information bank, was buried under tons of volcanic ash, and valuable and skilled men and women had succumbed to disease and old age, taking with them the knowledge of a great civilization.
They had to prepare as best they could, training the great flights of dragons and ensuring that the Lord Holders did their part by protecting their people in every possible way. Only Lord Chalkin, Holder of Bitra, refused to co-operate. He did not believe in Threadfall. It was a plot of the Weyrs to gain ascendancy over the Holds. He would do nothing to protect Bitra or its people. The Lord Holders and Weyrleaders were of one accord. Chalkin must be impeached and removed from his lands if the planet was to be made safe.
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Is it her best work? No. But it is substantially above some of her other recent works which have been stale and staid.
Throughout the book, there is a high level of tension: preparations must me made for the Thread dominated years ahead; something must be done about a cruel, self-serving Lord Holder; a young Weyrleader has to cope with self-doubt; and a recently qualified artist must learn many new meanings of the word "satisfactory."
The book is a visual treat- viewing much of the story through the eyes of the artist Iantine gives us a new and enthralling view of life within the weyr and without. Every time I read it, I am transported into a colossally beautiful, exquisitely painted world which, sadly, exists only in the imagination.
With the usual McCaffrey brilliance, the story is deeply human- taking in the gamut of emotional experience: greed, generosity, hate, love, anger, revenge, fear and courage name but the tip of the iceberg. It is a story about a human people, living with human failings in an extraordinary society.
In spite of its smattering of unsavoury characters, I often view Pern as my personal utopia.
Buy it. Read it. Then read it again.
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