# Dragon's Fire

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{{Short description|2006 novel by Anne McCaffrey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2011}}
{{infobox book
| name         = Dragon's Fire
| title_orig   =
| translator   =
| image        = McCaffrey Dragons fire cover.jpg
| image_size   = 200px
| caption      = Youll cover of US editions{{efn|name=cover}}
| author       = [Anne](/source/Anne_McCaffrey) and [Todd McCaffrey](/source/Todd_McCaffrey)
| cover_artist = {{plainlist|
* [Paul Youll](/source/Paul_Youll)
* Steve Weston (UK){{efn|name=cover}}
}}
| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = ''[Dragonriders of Pern](/source/Dragonriders_of_Pern)''
| genre        = [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)  
| publisher    = [Del Rey Books](/source/Del_Rey_Books)
| release_date = 11 July 2006 <!-- earliest ISFDB listings are Aug 2006, UK and US, x+366pp, hard; this ISBN is US -->
| media_type   = Print ([hardcover](/source/hardcover) & [paperback](/source/paperback))
| pages        = 366 <!-- highest page number --> (hard editions)
| isbn         = 978-0-345-48028-6
| oclc         = 64453478
| dewey        = 813/.54 22
| congress     = PS3563.A255 D775 2006
| preceded_by  = [Dragonsblood](/source/Dragonsblood)
| followed_by  = [Dragon Harper](/source/Dragon_Harper)
}}

'''''Dragon's Fire''''' is a [science fiction](/source/science_fiction) [novel](/source/novel) by the American-Irish author [Anne McCaffrey](/source/Anne_McCaffrey) and her son [Todd McCaffrey](/source/Todd_McCaffrey).<ref>{{cite web |title=McCaffrey, Todd (1956–) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mccaffrey-todd-1956-todd-j-mccaffrey |publisher=[Encyclopedia.com](/source/Encyclopedia.com) |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> Published in 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragon's Fire |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780345481374 |publisher=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> it is the twentieth book in the ''[Dragonriders of Pern](/source/Dragonriders_of_Pern)'' series that she initiated in 1967.<ref>{{isfdb series|482|''Dragonriders of Pern''}}. Retrieved 9 October 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DRAGON'S FIRE by Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey – AudioFile Review |url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/26870/dragons-fire-by-anne-mccaffrey-todd-mccaffrey/ |publisher=[AudioFile](/source/AudioFile_(magazine)) |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref>

''Dragon's Fire'' may be considered the second of a [trilogy](/source/trilogy) by the McCaffreys, between ''[Dragon's Kin](/source/Dragon's_Kin)'' and ''[Dragon Harper](/source/Dragon_Harper)''. Primarily the three books feature Kindan as a boy and young man, about 500 years after landing on Pern (500 AL). He is not the [protagonist](/source/protagonist) of ''Dragon's Fire'', however, which is told from the viewpoints of three others in his generation, which are Cristov, Pellar, and Halla.

==Plot summary==
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Pellar's story provides background information related to the previous title ''[Dragon's Kin](/source/Dragon's_Kin)''. Cristov's story is mostly new material (blue firestone that survives in water) and takes place after the events in Pellar's. The focus of Cristov's story is the problem-laden transition from firestone to the phosphine-bearing rock that is used by later generations of dragons.

== Reception ==
''[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'' commended the McCaffreys for shining the light on the risks of mining fossil fuels and slave labor while also maintaining a suitable atmosphere for young and older readerships alike.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dragon's Fire by Anne McCaffrey, Todd J. McCaffrey |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780345480286 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

==Notes==
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{{ISFDB title|194342}} lists cover artist [Paul Youll](/source/Paul_Youll) for both US editions and Steve Weston for both UK editions.}}
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ISFDB title|194342}}
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}

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Category:2006 novels
Category:2006 fantasy novels
Category:2006 science fiction novels
Category:Dragonriders of Pern books
Category:Collaborative novels
Category:Novels by Anne McCaffrey
Category:Novels by Todd McCaffrey
Category:Del Rey books

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