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| Series | Dragonriders of Pern #12 |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
| Year | DelRey, 1999 |
| First Published | 1998 |
| ISBN | 0-345-42460-3 |
| Goodreads ID | 24870 |
| Google Books ID | Ah5laiGLH7wC |
| Open Library ID | OL7599835M |
| Online Computer Library Center ID | 664157694 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 98-93315 |
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MasterSinger Merelan and Harper Petiron were a brilliant and devoted couple. Merelan was the most outstanding soprano ever heard on Pern, and was often the only one who could master Petiron’s technically accomplished compositions. When, after a long and difficult birth, Robinton was born to them, it should have been the culmination of a unique partnership.
But Petiron, almost from the first day, had no time for his son, refusing to see the incredible talent the boy possessed, ignoring his achievements and maintaining a strict and disapproving vigilance over him at all times.
Carefully, secretly, the Harper Hall took over, training the greatest talent Pern had ever seen — a talent that was more than just musical, for Robinton was able to talk to the dragons of Pern.
As constant sadness beset his personal life, so a startling career sent him like a meteor through the Holds and Weyrs of Pern until, as MasterHarper, he became part of the great plan to rescue Lessa from the brutal rule of Holder Fax — Lessa, who was to be the saviour of the dragons of Pern.