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Acorna's Quest (Acorna 2) by: Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball List Price: £7.99 Price: £4.49 You Save: £3.50 (44%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780552147484 ISBN: 0552147486 Label: Corgi Books Manufacturer: Corgi Books Number Of Pages: 410 Publication Date: July 01, 1999 Publisher: Corgi Books Studio: Corgi Books Sales Rank: 227620 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: This SF team's earlier novel Acorna introduced the alien girl Acorna, an orphan rescued and reared by space-faring humans. Though generally human-shaped, she shares some features with the unicorn of myth--notably, a forehead horn which can heal and purify. Now Acorna blasts off with human friends in search of her own race, who shortly turn up looking for her. These gentle, horned nonhumans are fleeing further aliens who are wanton murderers and torturers that resemble huge cockroaches. Meanwhile, a starship full of dispossessed human miners picks up a scientist whose devastating system of planetary weather control inspires some on-board criminals to stage a coup and use the weather machine to blackmail whole planets: Acorna stumbles into this conflict. Meanwhile, a spacefleet of killer roaches is on its way. These storylines mix romance, light comedy and some violent action which is generally downplayed or dealt with offstage. Of course the verminous villains find humanity a tougher proposition than nice unicorn-folk, and complain bitterly: "They are barbaric and vicious beyond belief; when attacked, they actually fight back!" Happy endings emerge, with room for more sequels. Overall, Acorna's Quest feels like a romping, uncomplicated SF adventure intended for younger readers--and Anne McCaffrey devotees. --David Langford Synopsis: Acorna, the unicorn girl, was hidden from the authorities for her own safety and raised by three prospectors. Now a young woman, she and one of her "uncles" decide to try to locate others of her kind, after she has troubled dreams about a strange planet. From the Publisher: A sequel to Acorna, The Unicorn Girl. From the Back Cover: Found as an infant drifting alone in an escape pod in deep space, Acorna was reared by three young asteroid prospectors who raised her as their mascot, their miracle girl, and saved her from those who would destroy her mysterious powers. But now Acorna has become a young woman who has dreams of a shining world with blue grass and green skies. She still has the translucent horn in the middle of her forehead, she still has her powers to make things heal, and grow, and purify, but she longs to know where she came from - what world in the galaxy was her home? With one of her old protectors, she sets off on a quest to find her own kind, but even as she leaves, a strange craft appears in the skies, peopled by gentle and mysterious telepaths who bring not only terrible news of a frightening race of invading space killers, but also the memory of an infant, lost in space, long ago... About the Author: Anne McAffrey is one of the world’s leading science-fiction writers, and has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Born and raised in the US, although of Irish extraction, she now lives permanently in Ireland, in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains, where, as well as writing, she breeds horses. She has recently been awarded the Margaret A. Edwards' Lifetime Achievement Literary Award. She is the creator of the Dragons of Pern series. Margaret Ball is the creator of the Dragons of Pern and a winner of both the Nebula and Hugo prizes. She has been a name on both sides of the Atlantic for over thirty years. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - If you're a McCaffrey fan you'll love this one,If you're a McCaffrey fan you'll love this one, it's light and entertaining with lots of scope for the next one in the series Rating:  - The characters are worth knowing.You know what I like about Anne McCaffrey? She doesn't cheat. Even though this is the middle book of a trilogy, you can read it without reading the other two books and be satisfied with the story. As usual, her characters are human (whatever their shape) and her plot works. In fact, she and Margaret Ball fixed the plot so that I couldn't tell how all the pieces would fit until half-way through the book! I like that. This book will stay in my library so that I can read it often. THANKS, LADIES! Rating: - A bit dissapointing but overall a great read!Acorna's Quest is a fabulous read! It's full of excitement and suspence. When Acorna and her "uncle" Calum go on the adventure of their lives to find Acorna's people they end up in more trouble they dreamed possible. Captured by space pirates, tormented by angry "dirtside" farmers and getting caught in the middle of a war keeps this book suspenseful and most entertaining. Acorna's character is even better developed and improved upon. The book is a little slow at times however and I was dissapointed how quickly Acorna dumped Pal Kendero and of how little romance there was. I give this book 4 stars and reccomend it to all fantasy mavens. Rating: - Awosome in a different way then the first ....I thought "Acorna's Quest" was cool in the second chapter I had more trouble folowing how Markel fit in but it was a good book and I to thought that that Acorna's People where some what snoby and through the way they thought of every body else Barbarians . But over all the book was good . I cant wait for " Acorna's People" to come out . Rating: - Markel Illart is my hero!Acorna's Quest reminds me of Star Wars: Episode 1... It wasn't exactly deep, but it was a fun story. A summer day, nothing to do? Pick up this book. It's not great, but it is pretty good. Acorna showed more personality in the first book, and the other unicorn people were simply two-dimensional snobs. I loved the second chapter... Markel Illart, the brilliant 16-year-old space cadet, was resolutely heroic and I found the newly introduced subplot engaging. He was slighted and pushed into the background for the rest of the tale, though. The boy deserved a LOT more character development. Markel is too fascinating to let go; he could've starred in a sci-fi novel all by himself. I like to imagine him wearing ... Read More: |
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