Mccaffrey Anne Knihy

První kniha pentalogie Drakeni z Pernu. Děj knihy se podle vnitřní chronologie odehrává během devátého Míjení. Jednou za stovky let se k Pernu přiblíží jeho sesterská planeta Krvavice a s ní smrtonosná Vlákna. Jedinou ochranou před zkázou světa jsou draci a jejich jezdci. Nyní však Vlákna nepadala už po několik set oběhů. Draků je málo, dračí jezdci i prostí lidé na hrozbu zapomněli, stará dračí královna umírá a v líhništi tvrdne skořápka pouze jednoho jediného královského vejce. Poslední nadějí je mladá dívka Lessa a starobylý gobelín…

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.

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.