A girl is, apparently, destined to be a queenrider. This is a fate predicted since the day she was Searched. However, discovering herself in a Weyr after fifteen quiet Turns in a Hold, Saya begins to distinguish between what matters and what will fade.

Completed 4.16! As the only female greenrider in Telgar Weyr, Carima deals with the harsh reality of life as a dragonrider, prejudice, romantic relationships, the imminent arrival of Threadfall, and one fiesty green dragon. Life is certainly never boring.

Talina is summoned to help start a new weyr. Between the Oldtimers, the fight between the bronze riders to become Weyrleader, and the neverending work, she is starting to wonder why she ever left Benden.

190 turns after the end of the last pass, Pern lives on the promise of no more Thread. But as all signs point to a return of Thread, The old Weyrs, and the new Kahrain Weyr, must recover forgotten skills and unite against a menace that may never arrive.