Forerunner; The Second Venture

Title attributed to Andre Norton

Forerunner; The Second Venture

Bibliography ~

¯ (1985) * Published by TOR, HC, 0-312-93256-1, LCCN 85233476, $13.95, 254pg ~ cover by Victoria Poyser {Orange Paper Boards}

¯ (1985) * Published by SFBC, HC, # 02413, $6.98, 181pg ~ cover by Victoria Poyser {Red Paper Boards, # 02413 on Rear of Dust Jacket, # P037 on Page 180}

¯ (1986) * Published by TOR, PB, 0-812-54747-0, LCCN 85-233476, $2.95, 254pg ~ cover by Victoria Poyser

¯ Forerunner Factor, The (2012) * Published by BAEN, PB, 1-451-63808-6, $12.00, 544pg ~ cover by unknown ~ Omnibus containing Forerunner (1981) & Forerunner: The Second Venture (1985)

Non English Editions ~

¯ (1999) Published in Poznań, Poland; by Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 83-717-7033-2, 192pg ~ translated by Piotr Kuś ~ Polish title Triumf Simsy

Synopsis ~

Sisma, the beggar whose mind held the ancient legacy of the Forerunners, had escaped her claw-and-fang life in the Burrows, with the off-planet Rangers. But the Rangers wanted her in captivity for study by historians. So Sisma and Zass, her winged hunting zorsal, escaped again, taking a stolen lifeboat to an unknown world. A desert where shape shifting creatures lurked beneath the sand, where Zass and Sisma's hunting skills, psychic powers, and strange link to the Elder One in Sisma's mind were their only survival weapons. Then Thom, the Ranger who saved--and perhaps betrayed--Sisma, crashed on the planet. Together, they realized that a mysterious, mind-threatening and possibly monstrous power had found them.

Non-English Covers

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