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Ballybran

Ballybran is a fictional planet created by science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey within her Federated Sentient Planets universe. The story originated as series of short stories, which were later expanded into the novels Crystal Singer. The storyline was further expanded with two more novels: Killashandra and Crystal Line. McCaffrey places the planet Ballybran in orbit around the also-fictitious star Scoria.