The Mystery of Ireta: Dinosaur Planet & Dinosaur Planet Survivors

anne mccaffrey

“Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction.”— The New York Times Book Review

The crew of shipbred technicians sent to the planet Ireta were prepared for a routine mission to catalog flora and fauna and search for new energy sources. Kai and his beautiful co-leader, Varian, the best xenob-vet in the business, followed all the standard procedures, but the result of their investigations was totally unexpected.

When their rescue ship mysteriously disappears, they suddenly find themselves surrounded by giant swamp creatures, deadly predators, and terrifying dinosaurs. And a curious change begins to come over many of the crew members—a mutinous change that will lead all of them, in one way or another, into the primitive darkness of a future world that holds many mysteries yet to be revealed. . . .

Genres science fictionfantasyfictiondinosaursscience fiction fantasyadultadventureownspeculative fictionaliens

472 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 30,2003

Series

Dinosaur Planet

This edition

Format: 472 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: December 30, 2003 by Del Rey
ISBN: 9780345467218
ASIN: 0345467213
Language: English

About the author

anne mccaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.