Title attributed to Andre Norton

Beast Master Team

& Omnibus for the Beast Master series (aka) Hosteen Storm

& Written by/with Lyn McConchie

Contains ~

v Beast Master’s Ark (2002) * Published by TOR, HC, 0-765-30041-9, LCCN 2002067249, $23.95, 318pg ~ cover by Allen Douglas

v Beast Master’s Circus (2004) * Published by TOR, HC, 0-765-30042-7, LCCN 2003060697, $24.95, 301pg ~ cover by Allen Douglas

Bibliography -

¯ (2004) * Published by SFBC, HC, 0-739-44180-9, # 64363, $12.99, 388pg ~ cover by Allen Douglas {Black Paper Boards & Spine, ISBN, # 1160081, # 64363 on Rear of Dust Jacket}

Synopsis ~

Animal Corps; With “Beast Master” (1959) and “Lord of Thunder” (1962), Andre Norton created one of her most popular characters – Hosteen Storm, a soldier of Earth who is part of the Beast Master corps. Aided by his team of telepathically-linked animals, Storm now protects the human and alien colonist on Azor, the planet he’s called home since the destruction of Earth by the alien Xik.

“Beast Master’s Ark” Even after six generations, there’s a lot about their world the humans on Azor don’t know. The Big Blue – the vast dessert and rugged mountain region where they ranch – contains untold dangers, but nobody has ever seen a threat like the one the natives call Death-Which-Come-in-the-Night. Something is killing both grazing animals and humans, leaving behind nothing but bones…and it’s spreading. With Tani, a young woman who has Beast Master gifts but mistrusts others with such power, Storm must find a way to stop the killer. Because if Death-by-Night is not stopped, it could decimate Arzor and spread to other worlds as well.

“Beast Master’s Circus” Arzor is visited by a circus that features Laris, a young woman who has been sold into bondage to Dedran, the circus’s hated master. Laris works with a number of alien animal species to perform entertaining feats of derring-do. And she’s certain that Dedran is working for the secret interstellar Thieves Guild. The Guild seeks to breed or clone telepathic creatures for their own purposes, and they have been killing Beast Masters who stand in their way. They’ll stop at nothing to plunder Arzor’s animals…unless Laris can warn Storm and Tani in time.

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