Series: The Pern Series
Volume: 10
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0345339495
Pages: 192 pages
Publisher: Del Rey
Price: 1.95
Reader Rating: 8 out of 10
Votes: 10
Volume: 10
Genre: SF
ISBN: 0345339495
Pages: 192 pages
Publisher: Del Rey
Price: 1.95
Reader Rating: 8 out of 10
Votes: 10
Description: A deadly epidemic was sweeping across Pern!
Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help-except Nerilka's father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other Holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people.
Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to Ruatha Hold, where Lord Alessan was frantically preparing the precious serum needed for mass inoculations against the dread plague.
Nerilka had long ago abandoned the hope of marriage and a home of her own. Now she found happiness in being useful and appreciated-first the Healers and then Alessan made very clear that they were grateful for her help.
She had no idea that her new path would change the course of her life forever!
Nerilka is left behind when her father, mother, and sisters attend the first gather of Lord Alessan of Ruatha. A plague strikes Ruatha and Nerilka's father breaks quarantine to come home. Word soon arrives of the deaths of her mother and sisters and Nerilka's father moves his mistress and her family in. Nerilka, not wishing to be subservient and degraded, and also ashamed of her father's actions, decides to leave her Hold, setting off on an adventure to a better life.
Published in 12 editions including Italian, German, French, and Japanese translations.
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