- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Eos; First THUS edition (May 20 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061057908
- ISBN-13: 978-0061057908
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 2.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #464,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Introduced in McCaffrey and Ball's Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997), the eponymous unicorn-horned girl of mysterious origins was found in a jettisoned spaceship's escape pod by kindly asteroid miners, and raised to young adulthood in secret in order to keep unsavory space businessmen from exploiting her superior intelligence and psychic abilities. This second book in the series finds Acorna determined to escape the protective bubble her friends have built around her and to set off across space in search of her people. Her trip stalls early on, however, when trouble with her ship forces her and her space-pilot partner, Calum, to land on Rushima. There they find starving colonists, victims of a nefarious band of Starfarers who used stolen meteorological technology to wreck Rushima's weather when the colonists wouldn't submit to their extortion plot. Acorna and Calum are captured by these Starfarers, then rescued by rebel Starfarers and caught up in a small-scale civil war. Meanwhile, Acorna's people, the Linyaari, are seeking allies in their war against the evil, insectiod Khlevii?who just happen to be headed toward Rushima. Despite brief moments of mild humor, the novel struggles under the weight of stereotypical characters, a predictable plot and an excess of backstory. Only faithful McCaffrey (the Dragonriders of Pern series) fans are likely to enjoy this weak series entry.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
In the sequel to Acorna: The Unicorn Girl , Acorna is determined to find her home planet, but her human friends keep delaying her from taking off on her quest. She and Calum, one of the former space prospectors who rescued the unicorn girl in the first book, manage to sneak off-planet and evade pursuit. What ensues is rousing space adventure, with Acorna and Calum being captured by space pirates, managing to get away, helping a planet devastated by the pirates, and meeting some of Acorna's people, who are in this quadrant of the universe to deliver a warning about the approach of merciless invaders who relish torturing their victims before killing them. Appealing space opera for readers of the first book. Sally Estes
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Acorna's office in the Dehoney facility on Maganos Moon Base was far too full for her comfort, and the meeting had been going on so long that she was developing an alluring fantasy about escaping the comfort of the base for the freedom of a good planetside gallop-any planet, anywhere, just so it offered her clean firm earth to run on and a horizon very far away. Read the first page
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Acorna's office in the Dehoney facility on Maganos Moon Base was far too full for her comfort, and the meeting had been going on so long that she was developing an alluring fantasy about escaping the comfort of the base for the freedom of a good planetside gallop-any planet, anywhere, just so it offered her clean firm earth to run on and a horizon very far away. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Acorna's Quest (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved Acorna, the first book in this series. I just wish the sequel lived up to its predecessor. Unfortunately, the plot seems to be made up mostly of "oops we just missed meeting someone with vital information" and "if only we had known" moments. This is extremely irritating. Acorna and Calum leave to find Acorna's people just as they show up. Too many coincidences. The plot is not character-driven and the novel just clunks along. Acorna's character could have been further developed along the lines laid out in the first book, but it wasn't. The reader always knows more than the individual characters, which leaves the characters looking slow and stupid. In all, a disappointing sequel to a promising start. Skip this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is one seriously facinating read!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Acorna's Quest (Mass Market Paperback)
I may only be thirteen, but I know what I like...and I love this book. I've read a lot of books, a lot more than you know, and believe me, this is definately worthy of being the sequel to the already wonderful book, ACORNA.I found this book incredibly well thought-out and imaginative, with a plot to kill. For all those people who state that this book could've been better-I don't know what you're talking about...But, I suppose everyone's entitled to their own opinions. You want entertainment, you want this book!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
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By Nancy Metzger (East Lansing, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Acorna's Quest (Mass Market Paperback)
WONDERFUL! Anne Mcaffery is a great writer on her own, and when she teams up it's like a fantastic book with a whole new writer!
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