Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& Omnibus for the Beast Master series
(aka) Hosteen Storm
Contains ~
v Beast Master (1959) * Published by
Harcourt Brace, HC, LCCN 59008955, 192pg ~ cover by
Richard Powers
v Lord
of Thunder (1962) * Published by
Harcourt Brace, HC, LCCN 62014247, 192pg ~
cover by
Tom Canty
Bibliography -
¯ (2005) * Published by
TOR, HC, 0-765-31327-8, $24.95, 368pg ~
cover by Julie Bell
¯ (2005) * Published by
SFBC,
HC, # 1189432, $12.49, 363pg ~ cover by
Julie Bell {Black
Paper Boards & Spine, ISBN, # 1189432 on Rear of Dust Jacket}
¯ (2010) * Published by TOR, PB, 0-765-32586-1, $14.99, 368pg ~ cover by Julie Bell
Synopsis ~
In 1959 Andre Norton published “The Beast Master”
a fast-paced science fiction adventure that introduced to readers a new kind of
hero, Hosteen Storm. Storm, a Navaho form the American south-west, served in
the Planetary Confederacy forces as a Beast Master teamed with an African
Eagle, a Meerkat, and a Dune Cat. Telepathically linked to his team of animals,
Storm served valiantly in the war that eventually defeated the alien Xiks,
though victory could not prevent the aliens from destroying Earth. With his
homeworld gone, Storm emigrated to the colonized frontier planet Arzor, where
he would have to help fight a holdout Xik force that has brought the war to his
adopted home.
In “Lord of Thunder” Storm’s beast master skills
and animal partners are needed to unravel the mystery behind a huge gathering
of the indigenous Norbies. Only Storm and his half-brother, Logan Quade, can
penetrate the Norbies’ clan secrets and discover what is behind the threat of
an uprising that could destroy the tenuous peace between the colonists and the
aliens who share their planet.
These two novels are science fiction adventure at
its best. Here is exciting space opera full of colorful, absorbing SF action on
an alien world, as only Andre Norton can write it.
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