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Book Review of The Dolphins of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern)

The Dolphins of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern)
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When the first humans came to settle the planet of Pern, they did not come alone; intelligence inhanced dolphins also crossed the stars to colonize the oceans of the new planet while their human partners settled the vast continents. But then disaster struck. The deadly silver spores called Thread fell like rain from the sky, and as the human colonists' dreams of a new idyllic life shattered into a desperate struggle for survival, the dolphins were forgotten...

Now, centuries later, as the dragonriders of Pern were preparing to complete the momentous task of ridding their world of Thread forever, T'lion, a young bronze rider, and hs friend Readis, son of the Lord Holder of Paradise River Hold, made contact with the legendary "shipfish".