That same night, Fiona, Fort Weyr’s newest and youngest queen rider, was wondering how the convalescent riders would fare, when a strange queen rider arrived and offered to bring her and her weyrling back in time to Igen Weyr. Fiona and the other weyrlings accepted. Their desperate jump between time proved fabulously successful and, after spending three Turns living and growing in the past, they returned to Fort Weyr with the recovered dragons and riders—a mere three days’ time after they’d left.

But the plague is still killing dragons, the Weyrs are still fighting shorthanded—and no one knows whether Pern will survive.

Chronology of the Second Interval/Third Pass

CHRONOLOGY OF THE SECOND INTERVAL/THIRD PASS

ON PERNESE TIME:

The Pernese date their time from their arrival on Pern, referring to each Turn as “After Landing” (AL).

The Pernese calendar is composed of thirteen months, each of twenty-eight days (four weeks, or sevendays) with a special “Turnover” day at the end of each Turn for a total of 365 days.

CONTENTS

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Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

For Readers New to Pern

Chronology of the Second Interval/Third Pass

ONE                            Fort Weyr, AL 508.2.2

TWO                           Fort Weyr, AL 508.2.5

THREE                       Fort Weyr, AL 508.2.6

FOUR                         Fort Weyr, early morning, AL 508.2.7

FIVE                           Fort Weyr, later, AL 508.2.8

SIX                             Telgar Weyr, later, AL 508.2.8

SEVEN                       Telgar Weyr, early morning, AL 508.2.9

EIGHT                       Telgar Weyr, late evening, AL 508.2.9

NINE                          Telgar Weyr, early morning, AL 508.2.10

TEN                            Telgar Weyr, later, AL 508.2.10

ELEVEN                     Telgar Weyr, late evening, AL 508.2.10

TWELVE                    Telgar Weyr, Threadfall, AL 508.2.11

THIRTEEN                 Telgar Weyr, morning, AL 508.2.13

FOURTEEN                Telgar Weyr, morning, AL 508.2.15

FIFTEEN                     Telgar Weyr, next morning, AL 508.2.16

SIXTEEN                     Telgar Weyr, morning, AL 508.4.15

SEVENTEEN                Ista Weyr, afternoon, AL 508.5.5

EIGHTEEN                  Keroon Threadfall, morning, AL 508.5.21

NINETEEN                  Telgar Weyr, evening, AL 508.5.26

TWENTY                     Telgar Weyr, early morning, AL 508.6.19

TWENTY-ONE            Telgar Weyr, evening, AL 508.6.25

TWENTY-TWO           Telgar Weyr, morning, AL 508.6.28

TWENTY-THREE        Telgar Weyr, early evening, AL 508.7.17

TWENTY-FOUR          Fort Weyr, second hour, AL 507.11.18,
                                   Second Interval

EPILOGUE                 Telgar Weyr, evening, AL 508.7.21

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Fort Weyr, AL 508.2.2

ONE

Heart, give voice to sing
Of life on dragon wings!

Fort Weyr, AL 508.2.2

It was still snowing, and cold. Fiona shivered, wishing she hadn’t outgrown her warm fur-lined leathers. Back in hot Igen, heavy clothing had been out of place, but here, at Fort Weyr, it was invaluable.