Author Name: McCaffrey, Anne
Title: Moreta : Dragonlady of Pern
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. Ballantine / Del Rey 1983
ISBN Number: 0-345-29874-8 / 9780345298744
Seller ID: 304-4170
Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Beige boards quarterbound in orange cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 286pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities and has a couple of short, closed tears; the original price is intact.
"...An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch. Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders were dying; and the mysterious ailment had spread to all but the most inaccessible holds. Pern was in mortal danger. For, if dragonriders did not rise to char Thread, the parasite would devour any and all organic life it encountered. The future of the planet rested in the hands of Moreta and the other dedicated, selfless Pernese leaders. But of all their problems, the most difficult to overcome was time..."
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PERN IMAGINARY PLACE FICTION FANTASY EPIC ANNE MCCAFFREY MORETA FIRST EDITIONS SAGAS ACTION ADVENTURE DRAGONS DRAGONRIDERS QUEEN ORLITH
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