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Language English Page count 335 | 4/5 Goodreads Originally published August 1996 Followed by The Masterharper of Pern | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cover artist Steve Weston (first)Eric Peterson (US) Country United Kingdom(US as Dragonseye) Publisher Bantam UKDel Rey Books (US) Characters AIVAS, Robinton, Menolly, F'lar, Jaxom, F'nor, Ramoth, Piemur, F'lessan, Sebell, Readis, Mnementh, Sharra, Lessa, Ruth Similar Anne McCaffrey books, Dragonriders of Pern books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Red Star Rising or Dragonseye is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the fourteenth book published in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.
Red Star Rising, or Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern, was published by Bantam UK in 1996. For release in the United States the following year it was retitled Dragonseye.
Plot introduction
After the events of All the Weyrs of Pern, The Dolphins of Pern, and The Skies of Pern, Thread is less of a threat to the planet. Returning to an earlier time period in Pernese history, the author brings the earlier conflict of Thread reappearing in the Second Pass. The book is set about 250 years after the Landing (the original settlement on Pern) and consequently it only features characters which do not appear in other books of the series.
Following in the footsteps of the novels that established the background of the colony, the book exposes the incremental loss of technology due to the hardships of thread, and inevitable progress towards the more feudal society shown later in the series timeline. It answers such questions as:
It also shows more about the process of caring for a newborn dragon than is shown in any of the other Pern books, and explores the ramifications of male riders of green dragons.
The main characters are Clisser (college head, Fort Hold), Chalkin (Lord Holder, Bitra), K'vin (weyrleader, Telgar), Zulaya (weyrwoman, Telgar), Iantine (journeyman artist) and Debera (green rider, Telgar)