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Written by Anne McCaffrey - Audio book performed by Mark Rolston - Unabridged Fiction - 6 CASSETTES - 9 hours

Publisher, Publishing Mills (1994)

After eons of noncontact, the humans of Pern are reunited with the intelligent dolphins who had originally settled the planet with them. While Pern is still in the devastating grip of Thread -- the life consuming organism which rains from the sky, ravaging the land -- a boy, Readis, realizes that the "shipfish" can talk after he is rescued by them.

Accompanied by T'Lion, a young dragon rider, Readis pursues his friendship with the dolphins, reporting his findings to the computer, Aivas, which is attempting to guide the humans into a new era by freeing Pern forever of the devastating Thread. Meanwhile, the leading dragonriders and lordsholder must act to contain Toric, Lord Holder of the South, in his quest for the land and control of Pern.