Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering strands before they reach the ground.But F'lar knew he had to find a better way to protect his beloved Pern, and he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed any more dissent... before his brother F'nor would be foolhardy enough to launch another suicide mission... and before those dratted fire-lizards could stir up any more trouble!

La quête du dragon

En ce joli matin de printemps, Kristin, en minirobe, se rendait à l'université de Denver pour suivre ses cours. L'instant d'après, rabattue par des électrofouets, elle montait la rampe de l'astronef des conquérants avec des milliers de prisonniers hagards. Comme les autres, elle se réveilla sur une planète inconnue, attendant d'être vendue comme esclave. Son décolleté profond frisait l'indécence, sa jupe s'arrêtait à mi-cuisses. Les conquérants avaient pris modèle sur ses vêtements pour lui choisir une tunique, heureusement (ou malheureusement) indestructible. Elle avait froid. Elle ne savait pas encore que les conquérants avaient coutume de débarquer sur une planète de type terrestre encore sauvage, où leur fonction était de tester les chances de survie dans un milieu naturel peu étudié. À Botany, le premier arrivage de colons regroupait des Terriens et d'autres captifs, d'origine extraterrestre. À eux de se débrouiller : on ne leur laissait qu'un couteau, un quart, une couverture et... la liberté.

Terre de liberté (Catteni, #1)

14 remarkable stories of fantasy by a grand master of the genre, superb stories here collected for the first time. A splendid selection of stories from the lady who taught dragons to fly and rockets to sing. A wonderful writer, as well as successful and beloved by fans across the world, Anne McCaffrey has created an excitinga an exciting collection of telepaths, secret gifts, dangerous missions, dragonriders, and more.Contents: Introduction (Get Off the Unicorn) (1977) • essay by Anne McCaffrey Lady in the Tower [Tower and the Hive] (1959) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey: The Rowan was one of a select group of telepaths, a complete Prime, one of only five. Then one day, another Prime appeared mysteriously from the outer boundaries of space, asking for help in a savage battle against evil. A Meeting of Minds [Tower and the Hive] (1969) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey (Tower & the Hive series) Daughter [Nora Fenn] (1971) / short story by Anne McCaffrey: the constant struggle of becoming your own person while not walking away from those you love. Dull Drums [Nora Fenn] (1973) / short story by Anne McCaffrey Changeling (1977) / short story by Anne McCaffrey Weather on Welladay (1969) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey: everyone can only see things visible to them. The Thorns of Barevi [Catteni Sequence] (1970) / short story by Anne McCaffrey (Catteni/Freedom series) Horse from a Different Sea (1977) / short story by Anne McCaffrey The Great Canine Chorus (1970) / short story by Anne McCaffrey: weird character study of a character going bad. Finder's Keeper (1973) / short story by Anne McCaffrey: Young Peter had a unique gift which earned him and his mother a little money and gave pleasure to others. Then, one day, an unscrupulous man forced Peter to use his precious gift in a crooked scheme, and Peter grew up fast. (Pegasus/Talents series) A Proper Santa Claus (1973) / short story by Anne McCaffrey: Everyone outgrows Santa Claus and magic. The Smallest Dragonboy [Dragonriders of Pern] (1973) / short story by Anne McCaffrey: The only thing Keevan wanted in life was to be a dragonrider, just like his father, but everything seemed to stand in his way. (Pern series) Apple [Talents] (1969) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey (Pegasus/Talents series) Honeymoon [The Ship Who ...] (1977) / novelette by Anne McCaffrey: Helva and her new brawn were sent on an especially urgent mission - a missiton that not only put them both into great danger, but a mission that alos caused them to break the ultimate taboo. (Brain & Brawn series).

La Dame De La Haute Tour

Les habitants de Pern est se pressent au Fort de Ruatha pour célébrer l'intronisation d'Alessan, sonjeune seigneur. Moreta, Dame du Weyr de Fort, est de la fête. Elle est sensible aux attentions d'Alessan. Le Passage des Fils doit se terminer dans huit ans. Pour les habitants de Pern, l'obsession du danger se dissipe. On peut faire des projets d'avenir. Puis, sans avertissement, le malheur frappe : une bête meurt. C'est la première victime d'une maladie mystérieuse qui, en quelques semaines, va décimer la population. Moreta puis après elle Nerilka sont prêtes à se sacrifier pour la survie de leur peuple et marqueront durablement la mémoire des Pernais.

La ballade de Pern ; intégrale Tome 2

Le jeune Jaxom est le seigneur du Fort de Ruatha. Sa décision de conférer l'Empreinte à Ruth, le dragon blanc deux fois plus petit que ses frères, entraîne critiques et moqueries. La condition des chevaliers-dragons tend à perdre de son prestige face aux nouvelles armes de destruction des Fils. Le Continent Méridional, où les hommes avaient fondé leurs premiers établissements sur Pern avant d'émigrer vers le Nord, concentre les désirs de tous.

La Ballade de Pern Intégrale 5

Never has there been as close a bond as the one that exists between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth is a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thinks he is a runt who will never amount to anything.But Jaxom knows better, knows he can teach his dragon to fly and destroy the deadly silver Thread that falls from the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxon and Ruth train in secret. Their illicit flights seem but a minor disobedience - until they find themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest danger of all...

Le dragon blanc

MasterSinger Merelan and Harper Petiron were a brilliant and devoted couple. Merelan was the most outstanding soprano ever heard on Pern, and was often the only one who could master Petiron's technically accomplished compositions. When, after a long and difficult birth, Robinton was born to them, it should have been the culmination of a unique partnership.



But Petiron, almost from the first day, had no time for his son, refusing to see the incredible talent the boy possessed, ignoring his achievements and maintaining a strict and disapproving vigilance over him at all times.



Carefully, secretly, the Harper Hall took over, training the greatest talent Pern had ever seen - a talent that was more than just musical, for Robinton was able to talk to the dragons of Pern.



As constant sadness beset his personal life, so a startling career sent him like a meteor through the Holds and Weyrs of Pern until, as MasterHarper, he became part of the great plan to rescue Lessa from the brutal rule of Holder Fax - Lessa, who was to be the saviour of the dragons of Pern.

The masterharper of pern ; le maitre harpiste de pern

As director of the Jerhattan Parapsychic Center, telepath Rhyssa Owen coordinated the job assignments for psychically gifted Talents. And though she had her hands full dealing with the unreasonable demand for kinetics to work on the space platform that would be humankind's stepping-stone to the stars, she was always ready to welcome new Talents to the Center.Feisty and Streetwise, twelve-year-old Tirla used her extraordinary knack for languages to eke out a living in the Linear developments, where the poor struggled to make ends meet and children were conscripted or sold into menial work programs. Young Peter, paralyzed in a freak accident, hoped someday to get into space where zero gravity would enable him to function more easily. Both desperately needed help only other Talents could provide.With the appearance in her life of one extraordinary man with no measurable Talent at all, Rhyssa suddenly found herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her people. And when two Talented children were discovered to have some very unusual --and unexpected-- abilities, she realized that she would have to reassess the potential of all Talentkind...

La quête du dragon

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