The White Dragon is a science fiction novel by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It completes the original Dragonriders trilogy in the Dragonriders of Pern series, seven years after the second book. It was first published by Del Rey Books in June 1978, one year before the young-adult Harper Hall trilogy.
In 1987, Locus: The magazine of the science fiction & fantasy field ranked The White Dragon number 23 among the 33 "All-Time Best Fantasy Novels", based on a poll of subscribers.
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