Aramina is a teenage girl of Pern, who hears dragons -- a skill which does not solve any of her family's problems. Her mother fears losing her daughter to the life of a dragonrider. But Aramina exploits her rare abilities without deserting her beloved family.

A feeling planet organizes its defenses against uncaring humans. The planet, which can even speak, is home to some ecologically minded people, but its riches are attracting hordes of outsiders with no feeling for nature. Planet and residents join forces.

Human agents infiltrate the Hivers, an aggressive alien race of insectoid species, to study their culture and defeat them. Or better still, learn to communicate with them and reach a modus vivendi.

The tale of a young princes's tumultous coming-of-age and teh remarkable four-legged friend who stands by him in a time of danger and intrigue.

Tired of his boring life, Lord Jaxom decides to secretly train his extraordinary dragon to take part in the desperate battles of dragons and their riders against the Threadfall that periodically threatens their planet.

Yana and Sean send their twin son and daughter, Ronan and Murel, to a space station to protect them from a scientist who wants to know how they can change into seals, unaware that the children want answers to the same question and may endanger themselves searching for the answer; and Sean dives into the depths in seal form to investigate bizarre changes to the planet.

Yana Maddock, Sean Shongili, and their twins, Ronan and Murel, find their efforts to protect the planet of Petaybee threatened as the InterGal Corporation launches a bold assault that may destroy the peaceful planet's future.

Menolly flees her home because she is not permitted to make music there, and is taken by the Masterharper himself to Harper Hall, where she learns that only her own self-doubt stands in her way.

The involuntary settlers of the world Botany, having successfully defeated the alien Catteni, find themselves facing new decisions as they establish contact with a weakened Earth.

Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.