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Sometimes they have committed a crime. Other times they're simply accused of a crime. And sometimes it's enough just being the child of an outcast to bear the stigma. But in the end, they are all branded as the Shunned, a Pernese underclass cast out into the wilderness, fated to become destitute, disease-ridden, and ultimately destroyed. For with each cycle of the dreaded Thread, the lawful populace of Pern is sheltered from it. Not so the Shunned.
After 500 years of excavation, firestone—the phosphene-bearing rock needed to fuel Thread-killing Dragon Fire—is rapidly becoming scarce. And since firestone is also highly volatile, only expendables like the Shunned are allowed to mine it.
Cristov, son of the scheming miner Tarik, chooses to atone for his father's treachery by digging firestone himself. And Pellar, mute ward of a MasterHarper, seeks to help the outcast community—and to prove his worth—by finding and transporting a priceless dragon's egg to the miners. Together these two brave young Pernese will struggle to breathe life back into the Dragon Fire legacy…or risk the end of all life on Pern with the next Threadfall. Jacket art by Paul Youll. (Approx. 528 pp.) 2006.
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