First Warning: Acorna's Children

Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth A. Scarborough

ISBN 10: 006052538X / ISBN 13: 9780060525385

Published by Harper Voyager August 2005, 2005

About this Item

First edition by number code.

Seller Inventory # 30358

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Warning: Acorna's Children
• Publisher: Harper Voyager August 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006052538X
• ISBN 13: 9780060525385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Collectible-Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy and Sci-Fi

About this title

Synopsis

Beloved by millions of readers, Anne McCaffrey is one of science fiction's favorite authors. Writing with award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, she has created the bestselling Acorna series focusing on the adventures of the brave unicorn girl.

Now the exciting saga of the next generation begins.

First Warning

Khorii, daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her own through a universe filled with new adversaries and adventures.

A simple journey home to visit her parents turns into a race against time when Khorii happens upon 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 the nefarious perpetrators and a cure before the disease consumes all in its path&;including her beloved parents.

Review

"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)