Anne McCaffrey is one of the world's most popular authors. Her
first novel was published in l967. Since then, she has written
dozens of books, of which there are more than twelve million copies
in print. Before her success as a writer, she was involved in
theater. She directed the American premiere of Carl Orff's Ludus de
Nato Infante Mirificus in which she also played a witch.
McCaffrey lives in County Wicklow, Ireland, in a house of her own
design, Dragonhold-Underhill, so named because she had to dig out a
hill to build it.
“At last, Robinton has his own book . . . McCaffrey adds another
absorbing chapter to dragon lore. . . . Readers will revel in this
compelling character study of a fascinating personality.”—Romantic
Times
“The story takes wing . . . when McCaffrey’s beloved dragons roar
and their riders soar upon the beasts’ mighty backs. . . . Fans of
Pern will likely be enthralled.”—Publishers Weekly
YA-Set just prior to Dragonflight, Masterharper details the life, loves, and heartbreaks of Robinton, Pern's most beloved harper. Readers follow him through a childhood filled with rejection and neglect by his Mastercomposer father, the loss of his wife, the death of his best friend, to his becoming Masterharper of Pern. This is McCaffrey at her best, combining excellent writing with vivid settings and detailed, fully fleshed-out characters. The book would be best read after Dragonflight (1986) and Dragonquest (1979, both Ballantine), but can stand alone.-John Lawson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
"At last, Robinton has his own book . . . McCaffrey adds another
absorbing chapter to dragon lore. . . . Readers will revel in this
compelling character study of a fascinating
personality."-Romantic Times
"The story takes wing . . . when McCaffrey's beloved
dragons roar and their riders soar upon the beasts' mighty backs. .
. . Fans of Pern will likely be enthralled."-Publishers
Weekly
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