A review by amalyndb
Dragonsblood by Todd McCaffrey
4.0
The first of Todd McCaffrey's solo Pern novels (and the first Pern novel by anyone other than Anne McCaffrey) is pretty amazing. Told in a parallel structure across time, there is a frantic struggle to prevent the extinction of all dragons after a plague takes hold.
When two sick fire lizards arrive back through time at the College (modern Pern's Healer and Harper Halls), shortly after the end of the first Pass of Thread, Wind Blossom begins a fervent search for a cure at a time when all advanced medical supplies brought by the colonists are running out.
Meanwhile, just as the third Pass of Thread is beginning, dragons are falling ill. The records seem to have no evidence of any dragon illnesses, and deaths are mounting.
When two sick fire lizards arrive back through time at the College (modern Pern's Healer and Harper Halls), shortly after the end of the first Pass of Thread, Wind Blossom begins a fervent search for a cure at a time when all advanced medical supplies brought by the colonists are running out.
Meanwhile, just as the third Pass of Thread is beginning, dragons are falling ill. The records seem to have no evidence of any dragon illnesses, and deaths are mounting.