A new hero emerges in a divided world as one of sci-fi’s most beloved series—Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern—relaunches with this original adventure from Anne’s little girl, Gigi McCaffrey.

Honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the Dragonriders of Pern series, Gigi does her mother proud, increasing the family tradition of spinning unputdownable tales that recount the adventures of the brave inhabitants of a distant planet who battle the pitiless adversary known as Thread.

The final time about Dragon’s Code: Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern Thread attacked Pern, the world was unprepared for the fight—before Oldtimers appeared. These courageous dragonriders showed up from the past, traveling 500 years to greatly help their descendants survive. However the collision of past and present required its toll. Some from the displaced rescuers adapted to their fresh reality, others cannot abide the jarring transformation and discovered themselves in soul-crushing exile, where unhappiness and resentment seethed.

Piemur, a journeyman harper, also feels displaced, solid adrift by the increased loss of his spectacular boyhood tone of voice and uncertain of his future. But when the Masterharper of Pern views promise in the son and sends him undercover among the exiled Oldtimers, Piemur senses the looming catastrophe that threatens the balance of power between the Weyrs and Keeps of Pern.

When the unthinkable happens, Piemur must rise to the challenge to avert disaster and bring back honor to the dragons and dragonriders of Pern. Because right now, in a world already beset by Thread, another, even more insidious danger looms: For the very first time in living memory space, dragons may be around the verge of fighting dragons.