num_pages: 467
description: Alternate cover for this isbn can be found hereIn the beginning, before Thread, before the Dragons, before the Holds and the Weyrs and the elite Dragonriders of Pern, was just the great ships gliding through space with nearly six thousand colonists prepared to tackle the mighty task of beginning a new world on a strange planet.It was a jewel of a planet, with rivers and seas and mountains, and breathable air and growing things. Then came the terror. The strange, unidentifiable circles in the grass suddenly revealed a meaning, and every living thing was at risk. Many died -- a horrible and consuming death. All resources, every man, woman and child had to fight the terrible nightmare of Thread.But a new creature was about to save the planet. From the delicate fire lizards a new life was born -- a new symbiosis between man and beast.
language: English
title: Dragonsdawn
titlecomplete: Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
characters: Jim Tillek, Sorka Hanrahan, Emily Boll, Paul Benden, Avril Bitra, Sean Connell
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Novels, Fantasy, Dragons
ratings_count: 39191
series: Pern , Pern (Chronological Order)
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: SFBC Award
publisher: Corgi