Judgement on Janus
Copyright 1963 255 pp.
NAILL RENFRO
Space born and damned by the savage ironies of war to the most unendurable of all thralldoms, he knew that life in bondage on Janus would be the worst of a galaxy of hells. What he didn't know was that freedom on Janus could be the same. Then he unwittingly committed the ultimate sin...
AYYAR, THE SWORD BEARER
Brought to life through a mysterious metamorphosis, he could remember only faintly his life as Naill Renfro, and could barely comprehend the race he'd become a part of. All he knew was what the Iftin allowed him to sense-- and what he sensed was more terrifying than anything he'd ever known...
Eye of the Monster
Copyright 1962 135 pp.
Rees Naper had never trusted the reptillian Ishkurians, in spite of hte fact that many of the Terran colonists thought they had been wronged. His worst fears were realiszed when the Terran authorities decided to grant the Ishkurians self-government and withdrew their protective forces from the planet.
It turned out he was right--as soon as the last troops left the "crocs" went on a killing rampage.
Cut off from the remaining fortified outposts by miles of jungle and armies of crocs, Rees knew that his only chance for survival was to outwit the cunning reptiles. He had to learn to think like a croc, feel like a croc...and see through the eye of the monster!
The Beast Master
Copyright 1959 223 pp.
Hosteen Storm, Amerindian. Combat Vetern. Master of wild beasts trained for defense and sabotage...
Hosteen Storm, homeless exile of the holocaust that has turned Terra into a blue, radioactive cinder, now relocated on the dangerous frontier world of Arzor for a very private reson - to commit a very personal murder...
Anyone have a better back than this for Beast Master??
Victory on Janus
Copyright 1966 190 pp.
"A fantastic, fascinating and complex, tale, a mixture of illusion and reality, from the framework of this latest science-fiction by Andre Norton. Set into this framework is a far off never-never land on a planet called Janus which is inhabited by a new race of people known as the Ifts These green people suddenly find themselves face to face with destruction by an unknown enemy known only as THAT. How they muster courage to wander across a wasteland in search of this enemy, and what, surpisingly, THAT really is, makes for an exciting and suspenseful story...."
The Beast Master
Copyright 1959-ACE
For
OTIS LOUIS ERNST
Soldier
Engineer
Collector of Indian Lore
1914-1958
BackCover:
THE BEAST MASTER
Hosteen Storm is a Navajo Indian -- and one of the few Earthmen who survived the total destruction of Earth in the war with the Xiks. With his Commando Team of mutant animals, he seeks a new life on the colonial planet Arzor. There he discovers a secret band of Xiks... and the chance to avenge his dead world....
Submitted by Robert Fuller 04/20/98
The Jargoon Pard
Copyright 1974-Fawcett 224 pp.
The Shape-Changer
I lifted my head. My position seemed awkward. I could see only at an angle. But--I was on my hands and knees--no! I was--on four padded paws, wearing a body covered in light golden fur. I opened my mouth to cry out, but what issued from my jaws was a heavy half-grunt, half-growl sound...
He was called Kethan and the secret of his birth had been hidden--until now.
He had been chosen to lead the great house of Car Do Prawn in the ancient land of Arvon. But his cousin Maughus was jealous and hated him, and Ursilla, his mother's evil Wise Woman, had already begun to tamper with his destiny.
Then one day Kethan was given a gift--a belt of incredible beauty and possessing great powers. From this moment on, Kethan's future was in other hands--and his body in a strange new shape...
This taken from the back of the book in my collection 09/03/99
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