''Acorna's World'' (2000) is a

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novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It was the fourth in the Acorna Universe series initiated by McCaffrey and

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in '' Acorna: The Unicorn Girl'' (1997). ''World'' was preceded by ''

Acorna's People ''Acorna's People'' (1999) is a science fantasy novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It was the third book published in the Acorna Universe series initiated by McCaffrey and Margaret Ball in '' Acorna: The Uni ...

'' followed by ''

Acorna's Search ''Acorna's Search'' (2001) is a science fantasy novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It was the fifth in the Acorna Universe series initiated by McCaffrey and Margaret Ball in '' Acorna: The Unicorn Girl'' (199 ...

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Plot summary

Having come to understand her Linyaari past,

Acorna Acorna is a "Unicorn Girl", a fantasy fiction character created by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball in their novel '' Acorna: The Unicorn Girl'' (1997). The Acorna Universe series includes ten science fantasy novels, the first two by McCaffrey an ...

has become a member of the crew of the ''Condor'', a salvage ship. The crew consists of the mildly eccentric Captain Becker, the ship's feline first mate RK (otherwise known as Roadkill), and Aari, a Linyaari who is still scarred physically and emotionally from his capture and subsequent torture by the Khleevi. While searching space for salvage, they come across the wreck of a ship with information indicating that the Khleevi are on the move in that sector of space, and may come to the Linyaari homeworld of Narhii-Viliinyar before long. Acorna and her friends must now warn their people and find a way to stop the oncoming Khleevi horde.

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