Acorna - Anne McCaffrey

On board the space traveling Condor, Acorna The Unicorn Girl feels safe from the insect race the Khleevi who dine on their own geriatrics and delight in eating other races. The Khleevi remain a major threat to Acorna's people, the Linyaari because the insect race has no qualms about genocide, as other species are fodder to them. Accompanying Acorna on the salvage ship is Captain Becker, first mate Road Kill, and Khleevi escapee Aari. When they receive an SOS from a nearby planet, the foursome feel impelled to help. There they discover the Khleevi has caused another massacre that leaves Acorna and her companions fighting to save two races before further ...  Read the complete review

Acorna is an orphaned alien girl who has fur and a horn like a mythical unicorn albeit a humanoid one. She's rescued by 3 space prospector foster fathers and grows up to save the exploited victims of the child labour trade on the planet Kedzet. It's all rather unlikely but that's the nature of science fiction and fantasy. The Plot ======== Gill, Calum and Rafik float about in space and mine likely asteroids for valuable minerals. They detect a distress signal and discover an enchanting alien infant in an escape pod, whom they name Acorna. They have to return to their HQ to unload their minerals. Unfortunately, the company they were ...  Read the complete review