By accident, they happen upon ancient scientific equipment that gives hope of ending the scourge of Thread. The leaders consider whether commoners keeping them as pets might not experience the unique love that dragons give and receive. F'nor discovers a nest of fire lizard hatchlings, and he, Brekke, and her fosterling Mirrim rescue and Impress a few. Brekke is able to talk to dragons besides her Wirenth. F'lar knows there must be more effective ways.į'lar's half-brother, F'nor, is wounded in an attack by dragonriders and nursed at Southern by the dragonrider Brekke, assistant to the nasty, seductive Weyrwoman Kylara. Dragons transport themselves and their riders across space instantaneously -a bone-chilling experience called 'bursting out of between' - and communicate telepathically among themselves and with the riders to whom they are 'Impressed.' Currently the defense against Threadfall calls for dragons char it mid-air and human ground crews to be sure none has gotten through and burrowed into the soil. The planet Pern is menaced not only by Thread, a dreaded infiltration from space that burns flora and fauna, but also by friction among the ruling Lord Holders and between stodgy Oldtime dragonmen and current progressives led by F'lar of Benden Weyr.

Dragonquest is the story of how all factions on a tradition-bound planet rally together to find a more permanent solution to a deadly menace than the valiant battle waged by fire breathing dragons and their heroic riders.

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