Newcomers to Pern, rejoice! Now you can start this bestselling adventure series from the very beginning of Pernese history. This exclusive omnibus edition collects the novel Dragonsdawn, the story of how men and women first came to Pern and how they created the magnificent telepathic Dragons to fight the alien Thread, and The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, a collection of four novellas and one short story that adds richness and depth to the earliest days of the Dragon World.