Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 4 in the Beast Master series
(aka) Hosteen Storm
& Written by/with Lyn McConchie
Bibliography ~
¯ (2004) * Published by
TOR, HC, 0-765-30042-7, LCCN 2003060697,
$24.95, 301pg ~ cover by
Allen Douglas {Blue Paper Boards & Spine}
¯ (2004) * Published by SFBC, HC, $24.95, 301pg ~ cover by Allen Douglas
¯ (2005) * Published by TOR, PB, 0-765-34010-0, $6.99, 304pg ~ cover by Allen Douglas
¯ Beast
Master Team (2004) * Published by
SFBC, HC, 0-739-44180-9, # 64363, $12.99,
388pg ~ cover by
Allen Douglas ~ Omnibus containing Beast Master’s Ark
(2002) & Beast Master’s Circus (2004)
Synopsis ~
Since the dreaded Xik destroyed Earth, the corps
of Beast Masters and the animal teams with which they have telepathic rapport
have served as sentinels against the Xik and other threats to colony worlds
throughout the galaxy. Now a conspiracy with ties to the Thieves Guild is
trying to kidnap the Beast Masters' team animals. On one world after another,
they are attacking Beast Masters and targeting their animals, leaving a trail
of dead or wounded Beast Masters and their animals in their wake. They haven't
yet succeeded in capturing one alive . . . but they are still trying, and
they're becoming more desperate---and bolder. Laris is a young woman who works
for a space faring circus, a bonded slave to its manager. An orphan with a
troubled past, Laris is gifted with animals, a valuable asset to the circus and
to her boss. But she's learned that somehow there's a connection between him
and the Thieves Guild, and also the attempted abductions of Beast Masters'
animals. She also knows that if her boss finds out what she has discovered, it
would make her a problem, and he usually disposes of problems. When the circus
lands on Arzor, home to Beast Masters Hosteen and Tani Storm, Laris feels a
kinship to them and to Hosteen's family, the Quades. She realizes, however,
that she may be endangering them by exposing them to the dark interest of her
boss and his ill-intentioned friends. Hosteen and Tani like Laris, too, as does
Logan Quade. She would give anything to tell them her dangerous secret, but
cannot. Because she knows that her friendship with the Beast Masters could be
their downfall, as well as her own!
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