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{{Infobox book

| name = Nerilka's Story

| image = nerilkastory.jpg

| caption = Herder cover of early US editions

| author = Anne McCaffrey

| illustrator= Edwin Herder

| cover_artist =

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = 'Dragonriders of Pern'

| genre = Science fiction

| publisher = Del Rey Books

| release_date = March 1986

| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 182 (first hardcover)

| isbn = 978-0-345-33159-5

| oclc = 15353896

| dewey =

| congress =

| preceded_by = Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

| followed_by = Dragonsdawn

}}

'Nerilka's Story' is a science fiction novella by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Nerilka's Story became the eighth book in the 'Dragonriders of Pern' volume series.. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

'Moreta' (1983) and its sequel 'Nerilka' (1985) are companion stories, in that the latter narrates a second perspective on major events of the former. It was the first work in the series following publication of 'The Atlas of Pern', and so is not covered in the Atlas.

Plot summary



Taking a different approach from the previous seven books in the series, 'Nerilka's Story' has a non-dragonrider and non-harper as its major viewpoint character. It is set during the events detailed in 'Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern'. Nerilka is the daughter of a Lord Holder who turns her back on her life in an upper-class family and sets out to fight the disease that threatens to kill all humans on Pern. According to a critic for the 'Chicago Tribune', Nerilka makes for an "intelligent, resourceful, selfless and, alas, homely" heroine.

Reception



Critics have called 'Nerilka' a story with "terse power". It was first published in 1985. The novel reached #7 on TIME Magazine's Best Sellers list for fiction on April 7 and 21, 1986. On the New York Times Best Seller list for paperbacks, it first appeared on February 22, 1987, at #12, and reached #11 the week after.

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