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Acorna's Children: First Warning

British Pbk Original - Corgi (2006)

Acorna's Children: First Warning
With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough are two of science fiction’s favourite authors. Together they have 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.
Praise for 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

British Pbk Original - Corgi (2005)

Acorna's Triumph
With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Acorna has had many adventures in space; she has defeated slavers, a deadly international conspiracy, and the vicious alien Khleevi. She has also had to endure the loss of her beloved Aari, distant in both time and space.
Now, finally, Aari has returned, and together they can finish rebuilding their home world. But Aari is oddly changed, to the point where he barely remembers Acorna - much less their love - and his actions grow more and more sinister...
As Acorna tries to stop a vicious criminal from destroying innocents, a new complication arises. Sensing the Linyaari weakness, the deadly Khleevi return, determined to take back the planet - for good. In this dark time, it will take all of the unicorn girl’s courage and determination to rescue Aari and stop the alien menace once and for all.
‘Colourful characterizations, lots of fast-paced action, and a decided sense of menace… entertaining fare indeed’ Booklist on the Acorna series

Paperback - Corgi (2004)

Dragon's Kin
Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon. However, mining is fraught with danger and a disaster leaves Kindan orphaned. Grieving, Kindan is taken in by the camp’s new Harper and finds a measure of solace in a burgeoning musical talent ... and in a new friendship with the mysterious Nuella. Nuella helps Kindan when he is selected to hatch and train a new watch-wher for the camp, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts.
Meanwhile, long-simmering tensions are dividing the camp. As warring factions threaten to explode, Nuella and Kindan begin to discover hidden talents in the watch-wher - talents that could very well save an entire Hold and which show them that even a seemingly impossible dream is never completely out of reach ...
For the first time, Anne McCaffrey has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an intimate knowledge of Pern and its history: her son, Todd.
Todd McCaffrey, Anne's son, is a computer engineer living in Los Angeles.

Acorna's Search
with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Acorna’s people, the Linyaari, are once more without a home. Though they survived the brutal attack from the cold-blooded Khleevi, the battle left their planet, narhii-Vhiliinyar, horribly scarred. Banding together, the Linyaari decide to rebuild both narhii-Vhiliinyar and their original homeworld, Vhiliinyar. But just as work begins to get under way Linyaari begin mysteriously disappearing; including Acorna’s lifemate, Aari.
Searching for Aari, Acorna makes an astonishing discovery: the remains of the subterranean world of the legendary Friends - a technologically advanced society that populated Vhiliinyar before the time of the Ancestors. What happened to the Friends? Where did they go and why has so little remained of their society? Acorna knows that to save Aari’ and the rest of the missing Linyaari she must begin to seek the answers - a quest that will once again take her deep into the realms of space to find the origins of her people...
‘Good spacefaring fun’ Publishers Weekly

Paperback - Corgi (2004)

The Skies of Pern
A new age is dawning on Pern, for since the dragons leave changed the orbit of the Red Star, the horrors of Threadfall will soon be a thing of the past. But even as the dragon riders are trying to decide what their future role will be, further dangers are beginning to emerge, as those calling themselves the Abominators plot together to destroy all the learning that has been discovered from the records of the Old Ones.
Their first vicious assault is on the Healer Halls - irrevocable damage is done and it is obvious that this is a worldwide movement with a dangerous mind leading those who would destroy all of the new knowledge.
And now comes a fresh and terrible catastrophe - a large cometary fragment is hurtling towards Pern and cannot be deflected. Everyone - dragons, riders, holders and craftsmen - must stand by to perform a giant rescue operation.
As F’lessan, son of Lessa and F’lar, plays his heroic part in the events that follow, he is helped by Tai, his new weyrmate. But it is the dragons, bronze Golanth and the brilliant green Zaranth, who will provide the solution to the dangers of the skies.