312 pages
English language
Published Dec. 25, 1992 by Baen Books.
Successful SF writer Anne McCaffrey and hot fantasy author Mercedes Lackey collaborate on this heartwarming tale of a little girl's search for a long-dead race of starfarers--set in the same universe as McCaffrey's bestsellers The Ship Who Sang and PartnerShip. When seven-year-old Tia falls mysteriously ill while on an archaeological dig with her parents, she attributes it to the EsKays, a race whose artifacts are scattered throughout the galaxy, but whose fate remains an enigma.
aside from the funky pacing of the second half of the book and the emotional development, this is such a solid book lmao. the prose is GREAT. fun, quick read
