About the 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 'I am a dyed in the wool, long time, re-reader of these dragon tales: I love them!' -- ***** Reader review 'An excellent read to lose yourself in' -- ***** Reader review 'The highest standard of writing' -- ***** Reader review 'The story grabs you from the start and doesn't let go until the end' -- ***** Reader review 'Completely absorbing and delightful' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************* They were misfits, the outcasts, the murderers without Hold or Crafthall. Some were resentful, some sought vengeance, but it was not until Thella, Lady Holder of Telgar, began to weld them together into a terrifying and brilliantly evil clan that they became the Renegades of Pern. It was a time of great turmoil on the planet. The pass of the Red Star had brought a new terrible reign of Threadfall, and in the southern Hold, Toric was carving out an enormous empire for himself from lands as yet uncharted. And as the times of trouble grew, so did the ravages of Thella and her band, turning from theft to murder to vicious and insane revenge. Jayge Lilcamp, the young and roving trader, was one of the first to fall foul of the renegades. As he saw what Thella had done to his family and his wagon train he began to seek his own revenge - a revenge which grew into a determination to destroy the most evil woman on Pern.