Synopses & Reviews
Someone is kidnapping the animals of beast masters' teams. On planet after planet, telepathically gifted people are being attacked-some of them murdered-by a conspiracy to take their precious animals.
Laris, an orphan who trains exotic alien creatures for an interstellar circus, knows that somehow her employer is connected to the deadly plot. She also knows that those involved will kill her if she talks.
Beast master Hosteen Storm has heard about the plot, but when the circus comes to Arzor, he doesn't realize his mortal peril. The circus, with its many colorful acts, is danger cloaked in the swirling excitement of the show. Laris loves all animals, and is herself able to communicate with them. When she meets Hosteen and becomes friends with him and his family, she desperately wants to warn him, to save him and his animals. But as the circus nears the end of its stay on Arzor, the deadly plotters prepare to strike at those Laris cares about . . . and at her, if she interferes!
Review
Praise for
Beast Master's Ark:
"Neat, swift, and strongly detailed. Old fans will dance and howl for more..." --Kirkus Reviews
"An exciting climax that should have fans eager for the next installment." --Publishers Weekly
"Both authors mesh flawlessly to produce a long awaited continuation to the Beast Master saga." --Romantic Times Book Club
"Fitting well into the framework of Beast Master while incorporating the last 40 years' advances in genetics and biotechnology, the yarn can be read with enjoyment without prior knowledge of its predecessor." --Booklist
Synopsis
A new adventure in Andre Norton's popular Beast Master SF series pits Beast Masters Hosteen Storm and Tani against a murderous interstellar conspiracy of the thieves' guild to clone Beast Master teams for illegal purposes.
About the Author
For well over a half century,
Andre Norton has been one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. Since her first SF novels were published in the 1930s, her adventure SF has enthralled readers young and old. With series such as
Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and
Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of action and adventure throughout the galaxy have drawn countless readers to science fiction.
Her fantasy, including the best-selling Witch World series, her "Magic" series, and many other unrelated novels, has been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. Not only have her books been enormously popular; she also has inspired several generations of SF and fantasy writers, especially many talented women writers who have followed in her footsteps. In the past two decades she has worked with other writers on a number of novels. Most notable among these are collaborations with Mercedes Lackey, the Halfblood Chronicles, as well as collaborations with A.C. Crispin (in the Witch World series) and Sherwood Smith (in the Time Traders and Solar Queen series). An Ohio native, Ms. Norton lived for a number of years in Winter Park, Florida, and now makes her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she continues to write, and presides over High Hallack, a writers' resource and retreat.