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Beast Master / Hosteen Storm #3 & 4
Beast Master Team: Omnibus of Beast Master's Ark & Circus
SFBC Omnibus edition of Beast Master's Ark and Beast Master's Circus.
710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Andre Norton
699 books1,390 followersAndre Norton, born Alice Mary Norton, was a pioneering American author of science fiction and fantasy, widely regarded as the Grande Dame of those genres. She also wrote historical and contemporary fiction, publishing under the pen names Andre Alice Norton, Andrew North, and Allen Weston. She launched her career in 1934 with The Prince Commands, adopting the name “Andre” to appeal to a male readership. After working for the Cleveland Library System and the Library of Congress, she began publishing science fiction under “Andrew North” and fantasy under her own name. She became a full-time writer in 1958 and was known for her prolific output, including Star Man’s Son, 2250 A.D. and Witch World, the latter spawning a long-running series and shared universe. Norton was a founding member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America and authored Quag Keep, the first novel based on the Dungeons & Dragons game. She influenced generations of writers, including Lois McMaster Bujold and Mercedes Lackey. Among her many honors were being the first woman named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master. In her later years, she established the High Hallack Library to support research in genre fiction. Her legacy continues with the Andre Norton Award for young adult science fiction and fantasy.
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August 18, 2019
Delightful! Worth the wait iof 40 years to read the further adventures of Hosteen Storm (The Beast Master/Lord of Thunder) and his family. Both stories in this omnibus issue are good. The second story is especially hard to put down.
June 20, 2017
love this series!
January 24, 2015
Beast Master Team: Omnibus of Beast Master's Ark & Circus
Norton, Andre
xiks are beaten and back, the war is over so they thought. now a new mystery had come to light Death-that-kills-at-night has come out of the big blue and attacked the natives and settlers and herds. but another beast master has come, with the ark which is attempting to preserve the species of the beast masters. Tani is haunted in her dreams, she feels a great hunger and joy in causing pain. THe Death-that-kills-at-night broad casts their hunger and the joy in pain.... How will Storm and his people save the world they love, will the natives cause problems as they run from the death-that-kills-at-night. Will storm finally have his dream, a home, land, and a love. Will the orphaned tami find a family, a clan, a people. can the land survive the terrible devistation.
the story begins with a young orphan child forced into bond labor for a corupt circus group. The circus is a cover for the thieves guild who have plans that need to be covered. On edge the poor child, Laris has to do things she would rather not do, including steal and be associated with murder. Laris has to find a way out for herself and her best friend Prauo, a strange large cat, who she had found as a child. she had raise Prauo, and her employers used her love for the large cat to keep control of her. She finds herself on Arzor, six months after storm and tani's wedding. and finds her connection to the family may be the way out of her problems. but before she can begin to trust them the circus is moved on to another planet, as one of the members goes back with highered thugs to steal the beast master's animals for the thieves guild.
Norton, Andre
xiks are beaten and back, the war is over so they thought. now a new mystery had come to light Death-that-kills-at-night has come out of the big blue and attacked the natives and settlers and herds. but another beast master has come, with the ark which is attempting to preserve the species of the beast masters. Tani is haunted in her dreams, she feels a great hunger and joy in causing pain. THe Death-that-kills-at-night broad casts their hunger and the joy in pain.... How will Storm and his people save the world they love, will the natives cause problems as they run from the death-that-kills-at-night. Will storm finally have his dream, a home, land, and a love. Will the orphaned tami find a family, a clan, a people. can the land survive the terrible devistation.
the story begins with a young orphan child forced into bond labor for a corupt circus group. The circus is a cover for the thieves guild who have plans that need to be covered. On edge the poor child, Laris has to do things she would rather not do, including steal and be associated with murder. Laris has to find a way out for herself and her best friend Prauo, a strange large cat, who she had found as a child. she had raise Prauo, and her employers used her love for the large cat to keep control of her. She finds herself on Arzor, six months after storm and tani's wedding. and finds her connection to the family may be the way out of her problems. but before she can begin to trust them the circus is moved on to another planet, as one of the members goes back with highered thugs to steal the beast master's animals for the thieves guild.
September 26, 2010
I loved the Andre Norton Witch World and Beast Master books. This double book? Not so much. Hosteen Storm is a minor character, and his team plays minor roles as well. The story is an attempt at a romance, and the main character, Tani, is just too smart, too friendly, too intuitive, too finished to be of interest
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