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Ralestone Luck
Andre Norton
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R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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"When Fredericka Wing arrives in South Sutton, Massachusetts, a
tiny New England town, it seems an ideal place for a working summer
vacation. She plans on managing Miss Hartwell's bookstore while
working on her own writing. She never dreamed she would find a body
in a hammock in her own backyard. Someone brutally murdered
Catherine Clay, an heir to the Sutton family fortune. And more
violence follows. Together with Peter Mohun, a professor at a local
college, Fredericka sets out to discover the murderer's identity
... and unravel the secrets of the wealthy and powerful Sutton
family
""Murders for Sale"" -- also published under the title ""Sneeze
on Sunday"" -- is one of science fiction writer Andre Norton's rare
excursions into the mystery field. "
In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca,
Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the
veterans drifting through it. So when Drew Rennie, newly discharged
from Forrest's Confederate scouts, arrived leading everything he
owned behind him-his thoroughbred stud Shiloh, a mare about to
foal, and a mule-he knew his business would not be questioned. To
anyone in Tubacca there could be only one extraordinary thing about
Drew, and that he could not reveal: his name, Rennie.
Drew had come west from Kentucky to find a father he had thought
dead until the year before. Kinship with a man like Hunt Rennie,
however-the legendary Don Cazar, owner of a matchless range and
prize stallions-was not a claim to be made quickly or lightly.
Posing as Drew Kirby the young veteran contrived to get himself and
his friend Anse hired as corral hands at Rennie's Range, but he was
hardly prepared for the suspicion and danger which stood between
him and his father. As hotheaded as his father, Drew was ready to
move on to California-until the day all proof of his Rennie name
was stolen from him, and his unwarranted arrest for horse-thieving
brought on the accusations of the one man whose trust he
needed.
Andre Norton's Ride Proud, Rebel dramatically portrayed the
last year of the Confederacy, when brave men like Drew Rennie met
defeat with honor. In this sequel, Drew's struggle to establish his
identity and begin life anew in a raw, unsettled land reflects the
courage of thousands of rootless men set adrift by the American
Civil War.
In 1866, only men uprooted by war had reason to ride into Tubacca,
Arizona, a nondescript town as shattered and anonymous as the
veterans drifting through it. So when Drew Rennie, newly discharged
from Forrest's Confederate scouts, arrived leading everything he
owned behind him-his thoroughbred stud Shiloh, a mare about to
foal, and a mule-he knew his business would not be questioned. To
anyone in Tubacca there could be only one extraordinary thing about
Drew, and that he could not reveal: his name, Rennie.
Drew had come west from Kentucky to find a father he had thought
dead until the year before. Kinship with a man like Hunt Rennie,
however-the legendary Don Cazar, owner of a matchless range and
prize stallions-was not a claim to be made quickly or lightly.
Posing as Drew Kirby the young veteran contrived to get himself and
his friend Anse hired as corral hands at Rennie's Range, but he was
hardly prepared for the suspicion and danger which stood between
him and his father. As hotheaded as his father, Drew was ready to
move on to California-until the day all proof of his Rennie name
was stolen from him, and his unwarranted arrest for horse-thieving
brought on the accusations of the one man whose trust he
needed.
Andre Norton's "Ride Proud, Rebel " dramatically portrayed the
last year of the Confederacy, when brave men like Drew Rennie met
defeat with honor. In this sequel, Drew's struggle to establish his
identity and begin life anew in a raw, unsettled land reflects the
courage of thousands of rootless men set adrift by the Civil
War.
The Throg task force struck the Terran survey camp a few minutes
after dawn, without warning, and with a deadly precision which
argued that the aliens had fully reconnoitered and prepared that
attack. Eye-searing lances of energy lashed back and forth across
the base with methodical accuracy. And a single cowering witness,
flattened on a ledge in the heights above, knew that when the last
of those yellow-red bolts fell, nothing human would be left alive
down there.
And so Shann Lantee, most menial of the Terrans attached to the
camp on the planet Warlock, was left alone and weaponless in the
strange, hostile world, the human prey of the aliens from space and
the aliens on the ground alike.
"A satisfying and mature novel which readers will seize upon if
they want to enjoy a good adventure story... As always Norton
creates both human and alien beings well, and tells a story that
you can't stop reading."--New York Herald Tribune
"Up to Norton's best standards." -- Library Journal
Key Out of Time -- the fourth book in the Time Traders series,
following The Time Traders, Galactic Derelict, and The Defiant
Agents -- again features Ross Murdock as the hero. Accompanying a
group of settlers to the now-empty water-planet Hawaika, he is sent
back in time through a Time Gate . . . and must learn to survive
ten thousand years in the past!
The tramp-freighter spaceship Solar Queen had exclusive trading
rights to Sargol and its fabulous gems. But the crew's bravery and
resourcefulness strained to the breaking point as they met Sargol's
three challenges: the enigmatic obstinancy of the planet's catlike
natives, ruthless incursions of an illegal competitor, and worst of
all -- an invisible, undetectable stowaway whose presence branded
the Solar Queen a plague ship . . . off limits to the rest of the
galaxy!
"On the jungle world of Jumala, a wanted man is in hiding -- a man
whose mind has been imprinted with the brain pattern of another. As
a deadly game of hide-and-seek begins to unwind, a man who does not
know his own powers faces an interstellar safari determined to run
him to ground -- dead or alive!
""Nobody can top Andre Norton when it comes to swashbuckling
science-fiction adventure."" -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat"
Rupert Ralestone is officially the Marquess of Lorne--but with no
family money or prestige, the title is worthless. He and his
younger brother and sister return to the old family
homestead--Pirate's Haven. Their only hope is to find the family's
talisman, a great sword, and restore it to its proper place.
Rupert Ralestone is officially the Marquess of Lorne--but with no
family money or prestige, the title is worthless. He and his
younger brother and sister return to the old family
homestead--Pirate's Haven. Their only hope is to find the family's
talisman, a great sword, and restore it to its proper place.
Armchair fiction presents extra large paperback editions of the
best in classic science fiction novels. "Storm Over Warlock" is one
of author Andre Norton's best works. He was alone on a hostile
planet. The Throg task force moved against the Terran survey camp
just a few minutes after dawn. They struck entirely without
warning, and with a deadly precision that seemed to argue that the
aliens had fully reconnoitered the area and made detailed
preparations for the attack. Eye-searing lances of energy lashed
back and forth across the base with an unnerving and methodical
accuracy. And a single cowering witness-flattened on a ledge in the
heights above-knew that when the last of those yellow-red bolts
fell, nothing human would be left alive down below. And so Shann
Lantee, most menial of the men attached to the Terran camp on the
planet Warlock, was left alone and weaponless in a strange and
hostile world. The only human survivor, and the prey of aliens from
outer space and aliens on the ground alike.
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Forerunner (Paperback)
Andre Norton
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R455
R383
Discovery Miles 3 830
Save R72 (16%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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"Kuxortal has always been," Forerunner begins. This ancient port
was established in the time of antiquity and has built and rebuilt
itself on the ruins of former civilizations. Kuxortal is inhabited
by a lowly race of Burrowers, who tunnel and excavate beneath the
city's towers and sometimes discover artefacts from the past. Simsa
is a Burrower who has spent her entire life in the service of an
older, crippled mentor, Ferwar, who had reputedly rescued Simsa
from a trash heap when she was an infant. Simsa, with her
blue-black skin and platinum hair, clearly comes from different
stock than the other Burrowers, but Ferwar never revealed her
origin. When scavengers attempt to loot the treasures that Ferwar
had left behind, it becomes clear that Simsa must flee. Especially
when they discover that the scavengers consider Simsa one of the
treasures that they have come to steal...
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 Navajo from the American southwest,
served in the Planetary Confederacy forces as a Beast Master teamed
with an African eagle, a meercat, and a dune cat.
Telepathically linked to his team 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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Rebel Spurs (Hardcover)
Andre Norton; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R797
Discovery Miles 7 970
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Even the coming of an autumn dusk could not subdue the color of
this land. Shadows here were not gray or black; they were violet
and purple. The crumbling adobe walls were laced by strings of
crimson peppers, vivid in the torch and lantern light. It had been
this way for days, red and yellow, violet-colors he had hardly been
aware existed back in the cool green, silver, gray-brown of
Kentucky. So this was Tubacca! The rider shifted his weight in the
saddle and gazed about him with watchful interest. Back in '59 this
had been a flourishing town, well on its way to prominence in the
Southwest. The mines in the hills behind producing wealth, the fact
that it was a watering place on two cross-country routes-the one
from Tucson down into Sonora of Old Mexico, the other into
California-had all fed its growth.
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