Presents three classic novels that chronicle the early years of Pern and the cooperative link that forms between the human colonists and Pern's dragons to battle a common enemy.

While on a test flight in a new craft, spaceship designer Nimisha Rondymense is sucked into a wormhole. She emerges light years away in another part of space and meets other victims of the hole. They are people from various civilizations and together they set about building a new civilization of their own. By the author of Freedom's Challenge.

Afra has submerged his romantic feelings for the great telepath, Rowan, and has even dedicated his life to helping raise her family, but trouble brews for Afra when Rowan's talented daughter, Damia, begins to fall for him.

Accompanied by her android "brother," Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the legendary Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, searches for the cause of a mysterious and deadly plague before those responsible use it to cripple an entire star system.

Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.

Aramina is a teenage girl of Pern, who hears dragons -- a skill which does not solve any of her family's problems. Her mother fears losing her daughter to the life of a dragonrider. But Aramina exploits her rare abilities without deserting her beloved family.

When fear of a virulent plague leads the government first to quarantine and then to kill all animals suspected of infection, Pshaw-Ra, with the help of Chester, Jubal, and the crew of the starship Ranzo, activates a 'mousehole' in space that carries the refugees to a place of safety: Pshaw-Ra's home planet of Mau, where godlike cats are worshiped by human slaves.

Two wayward children seek the help of a group of people with unusual abilities known as the Talents in order to make their lives a bit easier, but in the process begin to discover their own unique talents.

Finally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, The Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others. And for those just discovering this magical place, there are incomparable tales...

A runaway princess and a poor young boy try to make a new life for themselves without revealing their pasts or the magical powers they possess.