Adaptation of novel by Anne McCaffrey. Painted cover art by Mark Ferrari. "Book One," script by Brynne Stephens (adaptation), art by Lela Dowling
On the planet Pern, Lessa, the only survivor of a massacre led by Lord Fax, was forced to hide as a drudge in her home hold of Ruatha to escape Fax's notice; She spent the next ten years plotting the death of Fax so she could safely reclaim her birthright as Lady of Ruatha Hold; Meanwhile, Wingleader F'lar of Benden Weyr and his wingriders have come to Search Fax's seven holds for a woman capable of Impressing a soon-to-hatch queen dragon and becoming Benden's new Weyrwoman; When the Search arrives at Ruatha, Lessa uses the occasion to telepathicly manipulate F'lar into a knife dual with Fax, killing the latter; When Lessa reveals her identity at the rightful heir to Ruatha, F'lar convinces her to instead leave the Hold to the infant son of the late Lady Gemma (distant relative of Lessa) and come to Benden Weyr and stand as a Canidate for Impression.
52 pgs., full color. Cover price $4.95.
