Dragongirl (55 page)
Authors: Todd McCaffrey
A
nne McCaffrey’s Pern books are some of the most beloved science fiction novels in the world. Over the past few years, though, she has allowed her son Todd to take over the reins of Pern—molding the world and its stories with his own vision, while always maintaining the spirit and caring Anne has imbued into her novels.
Upon reading
Dragonsblood, Dragonheart
, and the book in your hands,
Dragongirl
, though, Anne was so enchanted by the story Todd was crafting and the characters he was bringing to life that she asked his permission to join in the final drama of his tale of Pern.
We are extremely pleased that the follow-up to
Dragongirl
is once again going to feature a collaboration between mother and son, as Anne and Todd McCaffrey work together to bring you the next exciting book in the Pern series:
D
RAGONRIDER
On sale May 2011
By Todd McCaffrey
Published by Ballantine Books
D
RAGONHOLDER
D
RAGONSBLOOD
D
RAGONHEART
By Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey
D
RAGON’S
K
IN
D
RAGON’S
F
IRE
D
RAGON
H
ARPER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
T
ODD
M
C
C
AFFREY
is the bestselling author of the Pern novels
Dragonsblood
and
Dragonheart
, and the co-author, with his mother, Anne McCaffrey, of
Dragon’s Kin, Dragon’s Fire
, and
Dragon Harper
. A computer engineer, he currently lives in Los Angeles. Having grown up in Ireland with the epic of the Dragonriders of Pern,® he is bursting with ideas for new stories of that world, its people, and its dragons.
a cognizant v5 original release september 12 2010
Dragongirl
is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2010 by Todd McCaffrey and Anne McCaffrey
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
D
EL
R
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is a registered trademark and the Del Rey colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McCaffrey, Todd
Dragongirl / Todd McCaffrey.
p. cm.—(Dragonriders of Pern)
eISBN: 978-0-345-52191-0
1. Dragons—Fiction. 2. Pern (Imaginary place)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3563.A25525D68 2010
813′.54—dc22 2010014672
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