Book description
Doona was a jewel of a planet -- a pastoral paradise with rivers,
lakes, mountains and seas. The Hrrubans needed it to revitalise their
decadent race, to give it back something of the old pioneering spirit.
The Terrans needed it as an overspill from the hysterical crowding of
Earth, a place to breathe and move without restrictions.
So they both sent a colonising party -- and they both began to think
of Doona as Home. And then one day the smooth-skinned, two-legged
mammal known as Man came face to face with the furry, four-pawed
mammal known as Hrruban...
Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated
cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and
Literatures. A prolific bestselling author, she is best known for her
handling of broad themes and the worlds of her imagination,
particularly in her tales of the Talents and the novels about the
Dragonriders of Pern. Anne McCaffrey lives in a house of her own
design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Visit the author's website at www. annemccaffrey. net
