num_pages: 169
description: Pern, where firebreathing dragons and their human riders join to fight the threads that threaten to destroy all life!Here's the perfect companion and guide for Anne McCaffrey's beloved stories of the Dragonriders of Pern. Karen Wynn Fonstad brings out every detail of the world and history of Pern in fascinating graphics and lucent text.-Tour the land whose very existence depends on the dragons and their riders! Detailed two-color maps showing every place and feature yet discovered on Pern-See the hatchling grounds where Jaxom impressed the white dragon Ruth! Schematics of the great Weyrs - the homes of the telepathic dragons and their riders-Visit Ruatha Hold where F'lar found Lessa, his future weyrwoman! Plans of the Holds, where most of the people of Pern live and work-Follow F'lar's research as he learns how to predict Threadfall! Charts tracking the fall of Thread, the deadly spores that periodically ravage Pern-See how the wings of the great dragons carry them through the air! Discussions of the dragonwing anatomy and mechanics-And lots more covering all the books in the great series!The Atlas of Pern provides a spellbinding tour of the world where the harassed settlers from Earth fight to ovecome seemingly impossible odds and to carve out a new life for themselves and the future.
language: English
title: The Atlas of Pern
titlecomplete: The Atlas of Pern
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Maps, Atlases, Reference, Fiction, Art, Science Fiction, Dragons
ratings_count: 2840
series: Pern (Chronological Order), Pern 
publisher: Ballantine Books (Del Rey)