Acorna's Children : First Warning: First Warning

Anne McCaffrey , Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

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Published by Corgi, part of Transworld Publishers

Format: Paperback

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EAN: 9780552160438
Published: 3 Nov 2009

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Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, two of science fiction's favorite authors,created the world of Acorna, the unicorn girl. Now Acorna's children start to have their own adventures.

FIRST WARNING
Acorna's daughter, Khorii, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her own. A simple journey to visit her relatives turns into a race against time when Khorii comes across a derelict spacecraft drifting in space, its crew dead in their seats. But this gruesome discovery is only a dread harbinger - a deadly plague is spreading across the universe and not even the healing powers of the Linyaari can slow its horrific advance. Khorii, one of the few unaffected by the outbreak, must find a cure before the disease consumes all in its path - including her beloved parents.

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What the critics say

Good spacefaring fun
- Publishers Weekly

Combining colourful characterizations, lots of fast-paced action, and a decided sense of menace...this is entertaining fare indeed
- Booklist (on the Acorna series)

Demonstrates the storytelling expertise of co-authors McCaffrey and Scarborough. Old and new characters, exotic alien races, and unique methods of problem-solving make this a good choice
- Library Journal

Khorii is definitely a chip off the old horn...Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough are experts at being able to draw their readers into quite a complex and already well-established world, without making too many narrative demands with regard to the previous books. Their style is, as always, eminently readable
- SFX

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About the Authors

Anne McCaffrey is considered one of the world's leading science fiction writers. She has won the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as six Science Fiction Book Club awards for her novels. Brought up in the United States, she is now living in Ireland with her Maine Coon cats and a silver Weimaraner. She is best known for her unique Dragonriders of Pern series.
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is the author of twenty-three science fiction and fantasy novels, including the 1989 Nebula Award-winning The Healer's War and the Powers series, co-written with Anne McCaffrey, as well as the popular Godmother series and the Gothic fantasy mystery, The Lady in the Loch. She lives in a Victorian seaport town in western Washington with her cats, beads and computer stuff.