McCaffrey, Anne

Regent Mangan Tighe, fully aware of the exact moment he will die, plans for the smooth ascension to the throne of his young prince, Jamas, by leaving behind Niffy the cat, an extraordinary guardian who, in her own particular way, will provide vital guidance to the new ruler of Esphania.

Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.

In a universe in which space-faring humans are aided by remarkable telepathic cats, a government edict to control a health threat by impounding and destroying animals throughout the galaxy threatens the survival of these invaluable felines.

On a trip home to visit her parents, Khorii happens upon a derelict spacecraft drifting in space, its crew the subject of a deadly plague; and now Khorii is in a race against time to find the perpetrators and a cure before it destroys everyone.

After losing his family in a sudden tragedy, young Kindan takes his father's job in the mines and finds solace in his friendship with a mysterious girl and his training of a new watch-wher, a dragon-like guard creature, whose unique powers may prove to save an entire community from destruction.

Kristin Bjornsen is kidnapped by an alien people, the Cattenis. After refusing to be a slave, she is dropped on an uninhabited planet, along with others, to survive on her own.

A deadly epidemic is spreading over the land of Pern and Nerilka secretly leaves home to take supplies and medicine where they are needed.

A band of renegades, led by Lady Thella, rise from the ranks of criminals and the disaffected and pursue Aramina, who has a telepathic link to the dragons, as their quarry.

All seems well on Pern until a mysterious ailment strikes, killing myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders. Pern is left in mortal danger with no one to rise to char the parasitic Thread.

Kris Bjornson, one of a group of slaves who was dumped on the planet Botany by the Eosi-dominated Catteni forces, has found a measure of contentment with her lover Zainal, but they both realize the time has come to gather forces to fight for liberation.