This is the sequel to Dragonflight. To be honest, I think Dragonflight is a better book, although this one is by no means bad. I suspect part of my problem with this book is that I found Kylara insanely annoying (which I was meant to). Every time her character popped up it made the book hard to read until she went away again. This is a good interesting book, and I'm looking forward to the later books in the series when you find out more about the settlement of Pern.

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#2 in the Dragonriders of Pern fantasy series, taking place some seven turns after events in the first book. This is a little longer than my usual audiobook listen, so I expected to take quite awhile to finish it, but it was a very engaging story that was hard to stop listening to, so it was devoured in just two days. The Dragonriders continue to fight the dreaded Thread, strands of some toxic element that falls regularly from the skies, but things go a bit topsy-turvy when Thread begins falling at irregular times and places. Desperate to figure out what these new chaotic attacks mean, F’lar of Benden Weyr travels far and wide, talking to not only other Weyr leaders, but craftholders, Oldtimers, harpers and the like, gathering information. His influence, garnered of necessity seven turns ago, begins to wane as Oldtimers plot against craftholders, who in turn are becoming resentful of the Weyrs. There’s much political jockeying taking place as well as plenty of Dragon action and several side stories featuring some of the main characters from the first book as well as some new characters stepping to the forefront.

Very enjoyable, and I’d even found the reader more appealing in this book—his sometimes overly dramatic reading was the one downfall I found to the first book in this very long-lived series. Great book! ( )

I love rereading a favorite series right from the beginning. It is a joy to me to watch an author grow and develop her skills. Each book gets a little bit better and the writing a little bit tighter. There are a lot of things happening in this installment and they flow beautifully for the most part. There are a few sections that feel a bit rushed but overall the pacing is good.

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Furthering the story of present-pass dragonriders. In this book the focus is less on F'lar and more on F'nor, his younger sibling and rider of brown dragon Canth. Traditions are questioned and challenged in this book, as the oldtimer dragon riders clash with the more modern dragonriders. They also find themselves up against the traditional Holders and Crafters (the "civilians" of this world), many of which have no love for dragonriders. Perhaps the worst enemy of all is Kylara, a queen dragonrider who happens to be the most vacant and selfish character this series has produced. This book is more heart-wrenching and tragic than the first one, due to Brekke's sad storyline and F'nor's audacious attempt to get to the Red Star. ( )

See Dragonflight. ( )

In Dragonquest, generational tensions abound between the old generation of Dragonriders brought from past to help fight off the threads, and also the current generation.

The various F guys try to ameliorate this with mixed success, and violence and death does happen.

Some technological advances to let one brave pair try and check out the source of the Thread menace in space.

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The best of Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern series, just pipping the first book, Dragonflight. Try reading the scene where F'nor and Canth go to the Red Star and return a bloodied mess, to be rescued by all the other dragons on Pern, without a lump in your throat. ( )

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Anne McCaffrey certainly puts us through the emotional wringers with this page-turner. Poor Brekke. ( )

Among the dragonriders of pern books, I like this best of all. I like F'nor and I think its funny how F'lar orders him and N'ton around. Best of all, I love how F'nor loves Brekke that they would break traditions for it. Canth is the most amizing brown, ever. ( )

I enjoyed this series when I read it about 15 years ago. ( )

2nd in the first Pern trilogy, tells the continuing story of the dragonriders. Very good, my favorite actually. ( )

Used to be my favourite of the DragonRiders series, although re-readings as an adult have left me irritated with the male-dominated themes, particularly the text's treatment of violence towards women. The plot still retains its power, however, and the final scenes are cathartic and bittersweet. ( )