When first published, The Beast Master was a new kind of science fiction adventure, featuring a Native American (Navajo) protagonist, Hosteen Storm, a soldier with a unique team-animals with whom he has a telepathic mind-link.
The time is the future, when Earth has been devastated by interstellar war with the alien Xik. Storm is now on the planet Arzor. Once the home of an ancient, long-dead alien civilization, it is now inhabited by human colonists and the indigenous Norbies. Storm and the other Arzorites must fight the Xik, who are intent on to destroying all life but their own. With rousing action and Norton's unique ability to evoke the strangeness and mystery of ancient alien civilizations, The Beast Master, and its sequel, Lord of Thunder remain fresh and enthralling, a half-century after their debut.
Industry Reviews
"Dramatic, logical and swift..Good science-fiction." "Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination." "Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space." "A brilliant writer.a fascinating story.a dramatic and intense book." "Storm's further adventures only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors." "Thrilling science-fiction." "A compelling and compassionate tale." "Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction." "A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book." "Storm''s further adventures only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors." "Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery...." -- P. Schuyler Miller "Astounding Science Fiction" "Andre Norton has created an air of mystery and suspense which captivates and holds the reader until the final pages." --"San Francisco Chronicle" on "The Beast Master" "A compelling and compassionate tale."--"New York Times" on "The Beast Master" "Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery; they have the 'sense of wonder' that some people would contend is out of place in Twentieth Century writing; and they are so well-written that every detail is convincing. The basic theme of The Beast Master is a grand one, and I hope we haven't heard the last of Hosteen Storm and his team."--P. Schuyler Miller of "Astounding Science Fiction" on "The Beast Master" "Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space."--"Cleveland Press" on "The Beast Master" "A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book." --"Columbus Dispatch" on "The Beast Master" "Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination."--"New York Herald Tribune" on "The Beast Master" "Thrilling science-fiction."--"Springfield Republican" on "Lord of Thunder" "Lord Of Thunder is Andre Norton's latest novel. She has beenthrilling the readers for more years now than some of us would care to admit. This delightful book journals the adventures of Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master, and his two companions, an eagle and a cat. Storm's further adventures (we encountered him before in The Beast Master) only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors." --"American Book Collector" on "Lord of Thunder" "Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction." --"Chicago Tribune" on "Lord of Thunder" "Andre Norton has created an air of mystery and suspense which captivates and holds the reader until the final pages." --"San Francisco Chronicle" on "The Beast Master" "A compelling and compassionate tale."--"New York Times" on "The Beast Master" "Again Andre Norton proves that she can write just about the best far-worlds-adventure stories anyone is doing nowadays. They have color; they have action; they have mystery; they have the 'sense of wonder' that some people would contend is out of place in Twentieth Century writing; and they are so well-written that every detail is convincing. The basic theme of The Beast Master is a grand one, and I hope we haven't heard the last of Hosteen Storm and his team."--P. Schuyler Miller of "Astounding Science Fiction" on "The Beast Master" "Another jewel in the dazzling crown of the queen of outer space."--"Cleveland Press" on "The Beast Master" "A brilliant writer...a fascinating story...a dramatic and intense book." --"Columbus Dispatch" on "The Beast Master" "Exciting adventure conceived with splendid imagination."--"New York Herald Tribune" on "The Beast Master" "Thrilling science-fiction."--"Springfield Republican" on "Lord of Thunder" "Lord Of Thunder is Andre Norton's latest novel. She has been thrilling the readers for more years now than some of us would care to admit. This delightful book journals the adventures of Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master, and his two companions, an eagle and a cat. Storm's further adventures (we encountered him before in The Beast Master) only to serve to point out once again that Andre Norton is right at home with the top-ranking science-fiction authors."--"American Book Collector" on "Lord of Thunder" "Dramatic, logical and swift....Good science-fiction." --"Chicago Tribune" on "Lord of Thunder"
