Spoiler Warning: Next is the text detailing the details of the plot. When the Hatching occurs, Keevan manages to find his way to the Ground and Impresses bronze Heth. Keevan is badly injured and is assured by Lessa that he will have other Hatchings. The next day, when shoveling coal, Keevan gets in a fight with Beterli, who says he will be dropped. When he overhears some of the senior dragonriders talking about dropping some of the younger candidates from the Impression, Keevan automatically thinks he will be dropped.
Keevan works hard but his size means that his abilities are ignored by most. Keevan is shorter than the other candidates, and is teased about this by Beterli, a boy who has stood for eight Impressions and has not been chosen. It tells of Keevan, a boy who is a candidate for Ramoth's latest clutch in Benden Weyr. The Smallest Dragonboy is set during the Ninth Pass. It was first published in Science Fiction Tales, September 1973. The Smallest Dragonboy is a short story of the Dragonriders of Pern series written by Anne McCaffrey and included in the anthology collections Get Off the Unicorn and A Gift of Dragons. The “Runner of Pern” is a girl named Tenna, who follows family tradition by delivering messages-and who will find her destiny on the mossy traces that runners have used for centuries under the dragon-filled sky.Īnd finally, a very special gift: an exciting new Pern adventure, published here for the first time, fresh from the imagination of Anne McCaffrey.This was the Impression that mattered! This was his chance to show everyone, from Mende to K'last to L'vel and even the Weyrieader that he, Keevan, was worthy of being a dragonrider.
In “The Girl Who Heard Dragons,” a young girl’s rare ability to communicate with dragons puts her family in danger and will bring her face to face with her greatest fears-and with her most secret desire. But what transpires will surprise everyone-Keevan most of all. In “The Smallest Dragonboy,” Keevan is the youngest dragonrider candidate, determined to impress a dragon when the next clutch of eggs hatches. Now, A Gift of Dragons brings together three beloved stories and a thrilling new tale of Pern in a single volume illustrated with beautiful artwork by Tom Kidd. As anyone knows who has been touched by the storytelling magic of Anne McCaffrey, to read of the exotic world of Pern is to inhabit it-and to experience its extraordinary dragons is to soar aloft with them and share their dazzling adventures. For more than thirty years, Pern has conjured visions of brave men and women mounted upon the backs of dragons.
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