Third Watch: Acorna's Children

Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth A. Scarborough

Harper Collins, Jul 31, 2007 - Fiction - 271 pages

Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, has followed in Acorna's footsteps leading their people from danger, but the pressure to succeed and fulfill a legacy is tremendous.

For the deadly foe that has ravaged the known worlds and weakened even her famous parents has launched its final assault, and only Khorii and her newly discovered sister, Ariin, are able to stop the brutal attack. But success is elusive, and fragile, and even time itself may not be enough to help their desperate quest to save their family . . . much less the universe.

Contents

• Section 1: 20
• Section 2: 35
• Section 3: 56
• Section 4: 72
• Section 5: 80
• Section 6: 100
• Section 7: 130
• Section 8: 137
• Section 9: 164
• Section 10: 172
• Section 11: 191
• Section 12: 201
• Section 13: 212
• Section 14: 224
• Section 15: 234
• Section 16: 242
• Section 17: 249
• Section 18: 269

About the author

Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She received a degree in Slavonic languages from Radcliffe College. She worked in advertising for Helena Rubenstein from 1947 to 1952. Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is the author of Channeling Cleopatra and the Nebula Award-winning The Healer's War, as well as more than twenty science fiction and fantasy novels. She lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Third Watch: Acorna's Children; Acorna series, Anne McCaffrey; Book 3 of Acorna's children
• Authors: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth A. Scarborough
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2007
• ISBN: 006052541X, 9780060525415
• Length: 271 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Family Life / General; Fiction / Sagas; Fiction / Science Fiction / General