Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey
Buy on AmazonHOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days.…
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"Dragonflight is a wonderful entry into Anne McCaffrey’s world. And of course, there are sequels upon sequels, that expand and embroider the world. Basically, dragon eggs are about to hatch, and they try to supply people for the hatching dragons to bond with. And a young woman, Lessa, bonds with a queen dragon that is hatching. She is not a part of the society that usually deals with the dragons, so everything is new to her. And the dragons are employed to fight a substance called thread, which falls from the sky; once it hits the ground, it destroys every life that it touches, every life form. So the dragons have to fly and use their fiery breath to destroy the thread before it hits the ground. One thing to be aware of is that this is fantasy, but it’s also science fiction . It’s very well thought out. As the reader progresses, they will start to see that there are all kinds of science fiction elements backing up this story that feels like fantasy, but isn’t really. I really, really enjoyed that aspect of the book – and the books that followed it. And I’ve read many, many of them."
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