Deze serie vertelt het verhaal van een buitengewoon meisje met magische gaven, die verzeild raakt in het centrum van een galactische samenzwering. Nadat ze in de ruimte is ontdekt, wordt ze opgejaagd door degenen die haar unieke gaven willen uitbuiten voor eigen gewin. Omringd door loyale, zij het norse, beschermers, moet ze duistere krachten trotseren en de waarheid over haar afkomst en lot ontdekken. Het verhaal weeft een kroniek van avontuur, overleving en de strijd voor vrijheid en gerechtigheid in een door intriges vergevenmelde melkweg.
A young girl with a horn and extraordinary powers, including healing and plant growth, is discovered by prospectors in an escape pod and taken to the lawless planet Kezdet. While she hopes for a life of freedom, the planet harbors a dark secret involving child slave labor orchestrated by a sinister figure known as "The Piper." As she grows, Acorna becomes determined to fight against the exploitation and carve her own path toward freedom, challenging the oppressive forces around her.
"I must find my own kind!"Found as an infant drifting in space, Acorna, the Unicorn Girl, has become a young woman. She still has her tiny, translucent horn, and her "funny" feet and hands. And, she still has her miraculous ability to make plants grow and heal human sickness. But Acorna has strange dreams of a gentle folk who mind-speak by touching horns. With her "Uncle" Calum, one of the three grizzled asteroid prospectors who rescued, protected, and raised her, she sets off to find her people. No sooner does she leave than a mysterious craft appears, piloted by the Linyaari, a gentle race with telepathic powers. The Linyaari are roaming the galaxy, spreading the alarm about the deadly Khleev--And searching for a beloved little girl they had given up for lost, long ago...
Filled with adventure and wonder, the third Acorna novel continues the enthralling saga of the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted Unicorn Girl. “Welcome Home, Linyaari Child!” With the help of her “uncles” and the thousands of humans who love and admire her, Acorna has found her true people, the peaceful, telepathic Linyaari. But Acorna still has much to do before she can enjoy her new home. The legendary resting place of the lost Linyaari ancestors has yet to be found. And with the help of a rogue spacetrader and his feline sidekick, Acorna must strive to right an unspeakable wrong and defeat an enemy even crueler than the Khleevi. Along the way, she will at last uncover the Universe’s most carefully guarded secret—the true nature of the ancient link between the Linyaari and the space-faring humans she has also come to think of as her “people.” Praise for the Acorna series “McCaffrey and Ball have created a magical alien in this fantasy/science fiction story.” —Library Journal “Good spacefaring fun.” —Publishers Weekly “Combining colorful characterizations, lots of fast-paced action, and a decided sense of menace . . . this is entertaining fare, indeed, for sf fans.” —Booklist
Although she has made peace with her Linyaari heritage, Acorna knows that only by returning to the frozen stillness of space will she ever feel truly at home.
The unicorn girl is on a desperate hunt in the series by the New York Times–bestselling, Nebula-winning authors: “Fast-paced action . . . entertaining fare indeed.” —Booklist The homeworld that Acorna has never known was horribly scarred in the brutal attack by the cold-blooded Khleevi, but the Linyaari—the unicorn girl’s gentle, spiritual race—live on. Now is the time for healing and rebuilding, for restoring the natural beauty corrupted by the savage insectile oppressors. But Acorna’s Linyaari friends and colleagues begin mysteriously disappearing soon after work gets under way, among them her beloved Aari. And her desperate search for answers will lead courageous Acorna to a shocking discovery beneath the surface of her people’s world—and deep into the realms of limitless space, where the truth of the origin of everything awaits. “This popular adventure series demonstrates the storytelling expertise of co-authors McCaffrey and Scarborough.” —Library Journal
Acorna's people, the Linyaari, have started to reclaim their homeworld from
the ravages of the brutal alien Khleevi. But the expedition has unlocked a
larger mystery about the origins of the Linyaari people - one that has led
Aari, Acorna's lifemate, into a dangerous journey through time and space.
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Focuses on the adventures of the brave unicorn girl, Acorna, as she faces her most difficult challenge ever. She has defeated slavers, a deadly international conspiracy, and the vicious alien Khleevi, only to endure the loss of her beloved Aari, distant in both time and space. Having rescued her people from their enemies, Acorna is disturbed by sinister changes that are demonstrated by her beloved lifemate. Aari, a situation that is complicated by the workings of a vicious criminal and the deadly Khleevi.
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough are two of science fiction's favorite 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.
Khorii, the rebellious 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 adventure.
Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate,
Aari, has followed in Acorna's footsteps leading their people from danger, but
the pressure to succeed and fulfill a legacy is tremendous.
