The White Dragon follows the coming of age story of Jaxom, the young Lord of Ruatha Hold, who had accidentally impressed the unusual white dragon Ruth in Dragonquest and Dragonsong. The first part of the novel was published three years earlier as A Time When, a special publication by the New England Science Fiction Association for its annual convention Boskone in 1975, where McCaffrey was Guest of Honor. In 1987, the magazine Locus ranked The White Dragon number 23 among the 33 "All-Time Best Fantasy Novels", based on a poll of subscribers. It was first published by Del Rey Books in June 1978.
It completes the original Dragonriders trilogy in the Dragonriders of Pern series, seven years after the second book. The White Dragon is a science fantasy novel by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey.
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