Following the disease which killed many of the dragons of
Pern in
Dragonheart, there is no longer an adequate defense against the
Thread falling in the current (third) Pass of the Red Star. The story continues with
Dragongirl and
Sky Dragons carries on where ''Dragon's Time'' left off. Using the dragons' ability to travel
between different times, dragonwoman Xhinna, rider of blue Tazith, and her group of blue and green dragonriders go back in time to some uninhabited islands, hoping to return in sufficient numbers to be able to fight Thread effectively. This weyr is unusual because breeding is normally the preserve of the much larger gold and bronze dragons. Xhinna, the first female weyrleader and the first female rider of a blue dragon, must overcome challenges to her leadership. The new weyr must deal with predators in the unfamiliar surroundings. ==Reception==