Acorna

Acorna is a "Unicorn Girl", a fantasy fiction character created by Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball in their novel Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997). Acorna is also one name for the Acorna Universe series: ten fantasy or science fiction novels by McCaffrey and Ball (the first two) or McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (eight more, 1999 to 2007). The series focuses primarily on the character, the orphaned Unicorn-girl introduced in the first book. Acorna has special powers including the abilities to heal, make things grow, detect venom, detect chemical imbalances, detect mineral and metal deposits, purify water and air, and communicate telepathically. The first book introduces her as a "youngling" and features her journey of...