The Girl Who Heard Dragons

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Fifteen superb short stories by the bestselling creator of the Dragons of Pern. Aramina's family were 'holdless'.Driven out of their home after the massacre at Ruatha, they were forced to roam the land, seeking shelter and protection wherever they could.And now, after a period in the Igen caverns, they had to flee yet again -for the evil Lady Holdless Thella had discovered Aramina's unusual gift - she could 'hear' dragons - and Thella planned to exploit this gift for her own ends.At dead of night the little family began their flight through the forests and mountains of Pern - pursued by Lady Thella.But this time the dragons were to play a part in Aramina's destiny. The Girl Who Heard Dragons and fourteen other stories of alien worlds and strange beings - from the magic pen of Anne McCaffrey.

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Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College, majoring in Slavonic Languages and Literatures. A prolific bestselling author, she is best known for her handling of broad themes and the worlds of her imagination, particularly in her tales of the Talents and the novels about the Dragonriders of Pern. Anne McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland. Visit the author's website at www.annemccaffrey.net