Some fourteen hundred turns after men first came to Pern rode Moreta, on her great golden dragon, Orlith. It was towards the end of the Pass of the Red Star -- a time when every living creature on Pern was threatened by Threadfall -- when the courage and daring of dragons and their riders was all that kept the planet from extinction. Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Author(s): Anne McCaffrey Number of pages: 480 Collection: The Dragon Books Publication date: 1984 Dimensions: 177 x 107 x 31 Cover type: Paperback / softback