Lors de la fête d'intronisation d'Alessan, seigneur du Fort de Ruatha, on amène en cadeau une étrange bête : un félin. Mais cet animal est malade et va contaminer les habitants de Pern. Les chevaliers-dragons représentent leur dernier espoir.

La Ballade de Pern, L'Epidémie Tome 2

Beginning with the classic Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne’s imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction’s most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son, Todd.DRAGON’S KINYoung Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great Holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization. Mining is fraught with danger. Fortunately, the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts. Kindan’s father is the watch-wher’s handler, and his son sometimes helps him out. But even that important job promises no opportunity outside the mine.Then disaster strikes. In one terrible instant, Kindan loses his family and the camp loses its watch-wher. Fathers are replaced by sons in the mine–except for Kindan, who is taken in by the camp’s new Harper. Grieving, Kindan finds a measure of solace in a burgeoning musical talent . . . and in a new friendship with Nuella, a mysterious girl no one seems to know exists. It is Nuella who assists Kindan when he is selected to hatch and train a new watch-wher, a job that forces him to give up his dream of becoming a Harper; and it is Nuella who helps him give new meaning to his life.Meanwhile, sparked by the tragedy, long-simmering tensions are dividing the camp. Far below the surface, a group of resentful miners hides a deadly secret. As warring factions threaten to explode, Nuella and Kindan begin to discover unknown talents in the misunderstood watch-wher–talents that could very well save an entire Hold. During their time teaching the watch-wher, the two learn some things themselves: that even a seemingly impossible dream is never completely out of reach . . . and that light can be found even in darkness.

La Lignée du dragon

L'épidémie ravage la planète Pern. Tous les habitants se mobilisent pour affronter la catastrophe. Seul Tolocamp, Seigneur régnant du Fort de Fort, refuse de porter secours à ses voisins. Nerilka, sa fille, a honte de cette attitude. Un jour elle se décide : elle emballe quelques médicaments et se glisse hors du Fort. Elle n'a plus rien à faire avec sa famille. Elle veut aider son peuple.Où pourra-t-elle se rendre utile ? Sa quête l'entraîne jusqu'au Fort de Ruatha, Où le Seigneur Alessan prépare à la hâte le précieux sérum qui sauvera les gens. Une femme s'est déjà sacrifiée pour lutter contre le mal. Et maintenant Nerilka est prête.Il y a longtemps qu'elle a abandonné l'espoir de se marier et de fonder un foyer. Maintenant elle veut trouver le bonheur en se rendant utile. Elle ne sait pas encore que son choix va changer le cours de sa vie

Histoire De Nerilka

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...

Le bond vers l'infini (Le vol de Pégase, II)

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

She was born human... reborn as much, much more.Her name was Nancia Perez y de Gras. Like the other five young people aboard, she was an aristocrat... a member of one of the illustrious High Families. And, like the others, she was a new graduate, just starting out on her own career.But while the rest were bound for less-than-glamorous assignments—for reasons they preferred to conceal—on planets in a remote sector of the galaxy, Nancia was already on duty and proud of it: as a brain-ship for the Courier Service.

Le vaisseau cyborg

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

Après un voyage de quinze années depuis la Terre vers le système Rukbat, 6500 colons prennent possession d'une nouvelle planète qu'ils nomment Pern. Cette planète est hostile : les colons doivent faire face à des créatures qui ressemblent aux dragons des légendes, à une pluie qui ravage tout sur son passage et à un volcan en réveil. Ils devront lutter pour leur survie sur cette planète qui est devenue leur foyer.

La Ballade de Pern Tome 1

La ballade de Pern
 d'Anne McCaffrey est une vaste saga planète-opera de science-fantasy. 
Composée de 15 volumes, elle raconte la vie de colons humains qui ont trouvé refuge sur la planète Pern, une planète semblable à la Terre. 
Sur Pern, la vie est paisible, jusqu'à la première pluie de Fils. Les Fils sont des organismes destructeurs en forme de filaments - d'où leur nom, qui détruisent tout sur le passage. Tous les 250 ans environ, les Fils s'abattent sur Pern, semant la désolation. 
Heureusement, des chevaliers associés à des dragons cracheurs de feu protègent les habitants de la planète. Mais ils vont devoir faire face à de nombreuses autres épreuves...

La Ballade de Pern, L'Epidémie Tome 2

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