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

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novel by American writers

Anne McCaffrey Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 1968) an ...

and

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (born March 23, 1947) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and Registered Nurse who lives in Port Townsend, Washington. She has published over 40 novels, as well as collaborating with Anne McCaffrey on ...

. It is the fourth in the '' Acorna Universe'' series initiated by McCaffrey and

Margaret Ball Margaret Ball (1515–1584) was a prominent member of 16th-century Irish society, who, despite being the widow of a Lord Mayor of Dublin, was arrested for her adherence to the Catholic faith and died of deprivation in the dungeons of Dublin Ca ...

in '' Acorna: The Unicorn Girl'' (1997). ''World'' was preceded by '' Acorna's People'' and followed by '' Acorna's Search''. . Retrieved 2011-11-03.
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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 (writer), Margaret Ball in their novel ''Acorna: The Unicorn Girl'' (1997). The ''Acorna Universe'' series includes ten science fantasy novels, the ...

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.

References

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