Moreta - Dragonlady Of Pern - the compelling and moving tale of a Pern legend... from one of the most influential SFF writers of all time

Some fourteen hundred turns after men first came to Pern rode Moreta, on her great golden dragon, Orlith. It was towards the end of the Pass of the Red Star -- a time when every living creature on Pern was threatened by Threadfall -- when the courage and daring of dragons and their riders was all that kept the planet from extinction.