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Second Wave by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth A. Scarborough

Second Wave

Acorna's Children series #9

by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth A. Scarborough

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  • Aug 2006, 304 pages
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It is difficult growing up in the shadow of heroes revered throughout the galaxy. But that is the lot of young Khorii - daughter of the legendary Acorna and her lifemate, Aari - who must now follow her own destiny through a fantastic universe of wonders and perils. Khorii became a hero in her own right as she fought to save the universe from a mysterious, deadly plague that not even the healing powers of the Linyaari could stop.

Now, confined with the rest of the survivors on Paloduro, the home planet of the disease, it seems as if the danger may be fading, and Khorii and her friends may be able to stem the tide of death and disease . . . until ominous signs indicate that the perpetrators are near and that the epidemic is only beginning.

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"Fantasy fans of all ages - but particularly girls 12 and up - should go for this one." - PW.

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Also just published: Dragon's Fire - McCaffrey's 19th in the Dragonrider of Pern series, written with her son Todd.

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