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When Aari comes back to a rebuilt but fragile homeworld, he is a stranger to his own former life, his memories of Acorna and their shared love fading. His time‑travelling adventures leave him altered, and his increasingly sinister deeds threaten to plunge the land into the Baal‑plagued terror of the Khleevi. Acorna, brave and beautiful, must divert her focus to shield innocents from this vicious criminal, while her heart mourns the loss of their bond. Despite her wounds, Acorna’s courage must allow her to rescue the Aari she loves and finally halt the Khleevi’s planet‑wide invasion.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Anne McCaffrey
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