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Nerilka's Story & The Coelura Book

Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, take you on a journey to a whole new world: Pern. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this.'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES'A delight' -- ***** Reader review'Enchanting' -- ***** Reader review'Fantastic' -- ***** Reader review'I love this book, and read it probably once a year' -- ***** Reader review'Anne McCaffrey at her best' -- ***** Reader review***********************************************************************************Nerilka's Story: we meet Lady Nerilka of Fort Hold in Moreta's time -- a time of legend, of heroic valour, of terrible Threadfall and the Great Plague that devastates both Holders and Dragonfolk. For Lady Nerilka, the tragedy is twofold, for with the death of her mother and her sister, her father's mistress takes possession of the Hold. Angry and betrayed, Nerilka decides to escape and, as Pern seethes in turmoil, she begins her perilous journey to Ruatha, Lord Alessan and an unknown destiny...The Coelura: When the Lady Caissa is told by her father to enter into an heir-contract with Cavernus Gustin, she is appalled. For although Gustin is genetically sound he is vain, pompous and intellectually inept. But Caissa's father is determined there should be a union - and Caissa cannot work out what his plans in this respect are. The, on a private flight over the forbidden areas of the North, she discovers a stranger who says his name is Murell -- a man surrounded by coelura, the incredible rainbow creatures whose very brilliance threatens their extinction. She learns her father's plans somehow relate to these beasts...and Murell is determined to save them.Read More

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    Nerilka's Story. It was in Moreta's time -- a time of legend of heroic valor of terrible Threadfall and the Great Plague that devastated both Holders and Dragonfolk. For Lady Nerilka of Fort Hold the tragedy was twofold for with the death of her mother and her sister her father's mistress took possession of the Hold. Angry and betrayed Nerilka decided to escape and as Pern seethed in turmoil she began her perilous journey to Ruatha Lord Alessan and an unknown destiny. The Coelura. When the Lady Caissa was told by her exalted sire to enter into an heir-contract with Cavernus Gustin she was appalled. For although Gustin was genetically sound he was vain pompous and intellectually inept. But Caissa's father was determined there should be a union -- he had his own privately plotted plans for such a match. And a few hours later Caissa began to suspect what they were. On a private flight over the forbidden areas of the North she was alerted by a distress signal -- and there discovered a stranger who said his name was Murell -- a man surrounded by coelura the incredible rainbow creatures whose very brilliance threatened their extinction. It was the coelura her father wanted.And Murell was determined to save them.

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    Nerilka's Story & The Coelura : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780552128179 : 0552128171 : 02 Oct 1987 : It was in Moreta's time - a time of legend, of heroic valor, of terrible Threadfall and the Great Plague that devastated both Holders and Dragonfolk. For Lady Nerilka of Fort Hold, the tragedy was twofold, for with the death of her mother and her sister, her father's mistress took possession of the Hold.

  • 0552128171
  • 9780552128179
  • Anne McCaffrey
  • 2 October 1987
  • Corgi
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • New Ed
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