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Although she has made peace with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever feel truly at home.

The miraculous and mysterious world of Petaybee was to be investigated. No-one - no-one outside Petaybee, that is - could believe that the planet was a living, breathing sentient entity, that every plant and animal was in symbiotic communication with the spirit of the Petaybean world. Matthew Luzon was one of the investigators, an arrogant, wily, manipulative man who didn't believe there was anything in the universe that couldn't be controlled by hard scientific methods. His plan was to crush Petaybee, strip it of its mineral assets, and subdue or destroy the inhabitants. Major Yanaba Maddock - who had been sent to Petaybee to die, but who now understood its secretive curative powers - with the help of Sean Shongili, Clodagh, and all the gifted ones of Kilcoole, was determined to fight for their world. It was a battle in which every human, every plant, and every secretive telepathic creature - most especially the famous orange felines of Petaybee - was to be put at risk. Luzon was determined to destroy them - whatever the cost.

En el planeta Pern, que en su tiempo fue colonizado por los hombres, Lessa, la unica superviviente de la familia que gobernaba el fuerte de Ruatha, vive oculta a la espera de poder vengar a sus familiares asesinados. Cuando hasta el lugar llegan los antiguamente celebres jinetes de dragones (ahora desprestigiados porque ya no se les considera necesarios), que tradicionalmente han sido los encargados de velar por la seguridad de Pern y que buscan una nueva reina para regir su destino, Lessa recuerda que la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío. A partir de ese momento, y sin descanso, se producirán infinidad de quiebros en la historia prevista: batallas que ponen en peligro el futuro del planeta, conspiraciones y venganzas, viajes en el tiempo...