Cover of First Warning

First Warning

Acorna's Children

  • 2005 first published
  • 371 pages
  • 5 editions

Published in 2005, First Warning is an epic fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Readers will find themes of space ships, unicorns, Acorna and Plague.

13 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

It runs to roughly 371 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Space ships
  • Unicorns
  • Acorna
  • Plague
  • Life on other planets
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Young women
  • Fantasy
  • Epic fantasy

Quick answers

Who wrote First Warning?

First Warning was written by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and first published in 2005.

What genre is First Warning?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.

How long is First Warning?

The median edition has 371 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to First Warning?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Fifth Season, Words of Radiance and Xenocide.

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