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First Warning

Anne McCaffrey

2005290 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2005
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  • 2005HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780060879952
  • 2005HarperCollins Publishers · ENGISBN 9780061160288
  • 2005EOS · 290 pages · ENGISBN 9780060525385
  • 2006Eos · 371 pages · ENGISBN 9780060525392

Beloved by millions of readers, Anne McCaffrey is one of science fiction's favorite authors. Writing with award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, she has created the bestselling Acorna series focusing on the adventures of the brave unicorn girl.Now the exciting saga of the next generation begins.First WarningKhorii, 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 adventures.A simple journey home to visit her parents turns into a race against time when Khorii happens upon 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 the nefarious perpetrators and a cure before the disease consumes all in its path -- including her beloved parents.

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