Title
attributed to Andre Norton
& # 4 in the Solar Queen series
Bibliography ~
¯
(1969) * Published by
Harcourt Brace, HC, LCCN 69018626, $4.50,
223pg ~ cover by
Richard Powers {Gray Cloth Boards, Maroon End Papers}
¯
(1969) * Published by
ACE, PB, 0-441-67555-3, $0.75, 189pg ~ cover
by Jeff Jones
¯
(1971) * Published by
Gollancz, HC, 0-575-00681-1, £1.20, 224pg ~
UK printing ~ cover by
David Smee
¯
(1980) * Published by
Magnet, PB, 0-416-88300-1, £0.80, 223pg ~
UK printing ~ cover by
Tony Roberts
¯
(1980) * Published by
Fawcett, PB, 0-449-24357-, $2.25 ~ cover by
Ken Barr
¯
(1985) * Published by
Ballantine Del Rey, PB, 0-345-32069-7, $2.50,
192pg ~ cover by
Darrell Sweet
Non English
Editions
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¯ (1975) Published in Stuttgart, Germany; by Boje-Verlag, 34-141-5110-3, 202pg ~ translated by Hans-Georg Noack ~ German title Verschwörung im all
¯ (1993) Published in Poznań, Poland; by Rebis, 83-852-0270-6, 292pg ~ translated by Danuta i Piotr Tęczyńscy ~ Polish title Ostemplowane Gwiazdy
Synopsis ~
Trouble started early for the free-trader Solar Queen
the moment cargo master Dane Thorson collected a package for transit from Xecho
to Trewsworld. What was in the package Dane did not learn until after he had
been kidnapped, knocked out, and a dead man bearing his credentials had been
substituted for him aboard ship. Efforts to find out the reasons for the
mysterious switch seemed hopeless until they made the ghastly discovery that
their precious cargo of alien embryos had been subjected to secret radiation,
causing them to regress genetically into monster forms. Only after Dane and his
fellow spacemen had endured a series of nightmare adventures on their port of
call did they begin to fit the puzzle together- to realize that they had
stumbled upon a criminal operation that involved a whole cluster of stars.
Non-English Covers
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