Acorna the "unicorn girl" -- found as a baby years ago, abandoned and floating alone in an escape pod at the far end of the galaxy -- has made peace with her past, her Linyaari heritage, and with the powerful "differences" that set her apart from the loving humans who raised her. But only in the deep reaches of limitless space can she truly feel at home.
Now, aboard the interplanetary salvage vessel Condor, Acorna is free once more, traveling through space in the company of her good friend, ship's commander Captain Jonas Becker, his gargantuan feline "first mate" Roadkill, and Aari, a proud Linyaari survivor of torture at the hands of the savage, bug-like Khleevi. But the journey is interrupted when a transmitted distress call -- faint but undeniable -- draws Acorna and her companions down to the surface of a nearby planet.
What awaits them is a world of wonders, shrouded in an atmosphere of strange, intoxicating perfumes. Intelligent, sentiment plants help guide Acorna, Becker, Aari, and RK to the source of the SOS. But a broken, burned out -- alien ship is all they find, the pitiful remnants of a relentlessly brutal yet carefully coordinated assault. To Acorna, the signs are unmistakable.
This is the grim handiwork of the cold-blooded species that seeks the complete eradication of all human and Linyaari life from the galaxy...the Khleevi!
And suddenly all that Acrona holds dear is in grave peril. Because the devastation that was wrought here was no isolated occurence, but the opening move in a planned onslaught that will decimate the two races to whom Acorna is culturally, emotionally, and genetically tied. A worlds-shattering catastrophe is in the making -- unless one courageous and beautiful young woman with remarkable healing powers and her small, motley group of friends can go the unthinkable: discover the fearsome insectile enemy's greatest weakness...and strike first.

Acorna's World (The Acorna)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

ANNE MCCAFFREY

Fantasy

"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...

Acorna's Quest (Harper Prism SF)

Literature & Fiction

Margaret Ball

United States

HARPER/COLLINS

Acorna's People

Filled with adventure and wonder, Acorna's Peoplecontinues the enthralling saga of Acorna, the beautiful, brave, and kindhearted creature known as the 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."

Elizabeth A. Scarborough

Genre Fiction

HarperTorch

Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium

Bright and Clean. 1974 printing. Minor edge wear and rubs, minor page age tanning. 342 pages..

Jack Williamson

Ben BOVA

Gordon R. Dickson

Hal Clement

James Gunn

Frank, Herbert

frederik-pohl

POUL ANDERSON

History & Criticism

Penguin

Andre Deutsch, 1981. British hardcover with dustjacket. Omnibus collection of three McCaffrey novels: "Decision at Doona" (1969); "The Ship Who Sang" (1969); "Restoree" (1967).

The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction

Andre Deutsch

Dragonsinger: Harper of Pern

Sidg. & J

White Dragon

Here are the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series: Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. The extraordinary characters Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and the others all await you in their magical world -- in Anne McCaffrey's incomparable tales of danger, deceit, and daring.

Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight / Dragonquest / The White Dragon - 3 Vol.

Ballantine Books

The Ship Who Sang

To Ride Pegasus (Talents, Bk. 1)

Ballantine

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