Roughly six weeks after she had joined the crew of the Condor, flagship of Becker Interplanetary Recycling and Salvage Enterprises, Ltd., Acorna sat on “salvage watch” at the helm of the ship, surrounded by the softly glowing console lights in the cockpit and the billions of stars beyond. The Condor’s computers found every shortcut between itself and the…įor the first time since the Linyaari inhabited narhii-Vhiliinyar, hordes… (No!) Maati’s thought was loud and clear and Aari and… The spaceport on narhii-Vhiliinyar took the first hit from the… Rafik, dear boy, and my good Captain Becker, this is… The first invasion of the vine world was both human…

The Niriian refugees endured the Linyaari reunion and the subsequent… In the days that followed, Becker staggered around the ship… Hafiz would not hear of the Linyaari remaining aboard the… I think we’d all like to know how you came…įor the Balakiire, tracing the signal to the blue planet…Ĭaravan Harakamian had come to rest at its destination after… The…Īs far as Acorna could see, the problem was not… The healing retreat in the hills of the Ancestors, under… “Captain Becker, look,” Acorna said, when he arrived on the… Thariinye tracked the Condor’s erratic course from the data sent… Once the Linyaari space travelers returned, everything should have been… Since Aari was the only one who really understood the… When at last the Sharazad returned to Maganos Moonbase bearing… Roughly six weeks after she had joined the crew of… To Andy Logan, for feeding bodies as well as creative spirits with her care and attention and delicious dinners while she listened to first draft readings! ANNE McCAFFREY AND ELIZABETH ANN SCARBOROUGH

Acorna by Anne McCaffrey