Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 5 in the Beast Master series
(aka) Hosteen Storm
& Written by/with Lyn McConchie
Bibliography ~
¯ (2006) * Published by
TOR, HC, 0-765-31453-3, $24.95, 320pg ~ cover
by Julie
Bell
¯ (2007) * Published by
TOR,
PB, 0-765-35334-2, $6.99, 304pg ~ cover by
Julie Bell
Synopsis ~
Laris is gifted with beast-master ability to
communicate telepathically with animals, especially with a remarkable
intelligent but enigmatic catlike creature named Prauo, whose origin is shrouded
in mystery. Laris, having found a home with a family of Arzor ranchers, has
also become friends with beast master Tani and Hosteen Storm, who help her
develop her beast-master skills. When Laris inherits a spaceship, she realizes
that she finally might at last fulfill her dream of finding Prauo’s home-world.
But she knows she can’t do this without help. So she is greatly relieved when
she is able to convince her new extended family to join her in her journey into
the unknown depths of space. After months of searching the far reaches of
space, Laris and her friends find Prauo’s home-world, a world that witnessed an
apocalyptic disaster long ago. When some of the planet’s survivors greet the
beast masters and their offers of help and friendship, they react not with
thanks but with violence that test their beast-master abilities and threatens
their very lives. The intrepid travelers, beset by dangers and conflicts that
they could not possibly have anticipated, realize that just surviving the
planet and getting back to Arzor alive will take all of their talents and
experience…and then some.
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