Author:Anne McCaffrey,Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her own through a universe filled with new adversaries and adventure.
In First Warning, she became a hero in her own right as she fought to save the universe from a mysterious plague that not even the healing powers of the Linyaari could stop. Now she and her genius android 'brother' must find the malevolent cause of the deadly disease before those behind it cripple the star system.
Khorii is definitely a chip off the old horn.Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough are experts at being able to draw their readers into quite a complex and already well-established world, without making too many narrative demands with regard to the previous books. Their style is, as always, eminently readable
—— SFXCombining colourful characterizations, lots of fast-paced action, and a decided sense of menace.this is entertaining fare indeed
—— Booklist (on the Acorna series)Worthy of Graham Greene. [The Maze is] an outlandish, ingeniously constructed novel as powerful and full of surprises as any ancient myth
—— Sunday TelegraphEnchanting... the mad beauty of Karnezis's imagination is entirely his own
—— GuardianExcellent... Assured and sophisticated
—— Sunday TimesStrange and beautiful
—— The TimesRobert Chandler's tenderly attentive rendering of The Railway perfectly captures the dreamy, circling music of Hamid Ismailov's prose
—— Chandrahas Choudhury , Daily TelegraphJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianAnna Maxted tells a tale of sibling rivalry with wit and emotion
—— InStyleWarm, poignant and very funny
—— Marian KeyesHugely funny. Maxted writes beautifully
—— Daily ExpressThis modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world. A chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world
—— Sunday Sport