Write-up from the back of Ballantine Del Rey paperback edition ~Įven the harsh life of the slums of the planet Korwar had not prepared young Troy Horan for the strange goings on at Kyger's exotic pet shop. The sympathetic portrayal of Troy's telepathic relationship with the animals, the mystery of the lost civilization of Korwar, the feudal brotherhood of the Hunters who guard the Wild - all add up to a marvelous narrative of space adventure in which the author brilliantly creates a whole, finely detailed future civilization. This exciting tale is skillfully told, with complex plotting, mystery, and adventure. Plot and counterplot ensue, as Troy and the animals with which he has established mental rapport are embroiled in mystery and peril. Then Troy becomes a suspect in the murder of his boss, and only close cooperation between him and the animals enables him to escape and survive. Troy learns that several of these animals are being used as secret weapons in a plot against the rulers of Korwar. Troy Horan, deported from his own planet and relocated on the planet Korwar, gets a job in an interplanetary pet shop and discovers - to his great surprise - that he can communicate with some of the animals. Write-up from the front flap of the 1980 Gregg Press edition ~ an intrigue that would leave more than one man dead, an entire government in jeopardy, and Horan himself both master and captive of the most extraordinary band of warriors his world had ever known. But from the moment he began work at Kyger's pet emporium on Korwar he was enmeshed in a perilous intrigue. He didn't understand how he could communicate with the animals or why they were contacting him. The big cat cried, 'Danger!' Troy Horan heard it with his mind, just as he had heard the fox's warning, and the Kinkajou's. Write-up from the back of the Fawcett paperback edition ~ The plot in which the death of Kyger involved Troy, his escape to an underground 'city' in the remote wilderness, and his eventual bid for freedom for himself and his animal friends make absorbing, top-flight science-fiction.Īndre Norton, recognized as one of today's leading authors in this field, has written another exciting adventure that will quickly take its place beside such earlier successes as Star Guard, The Beast Master, and Star Rangers.

Why were these animals being brought to Korwar? Who or what was the controlling agent that they seemed to fear and hate? The night on which the pet-shop owner was killed, a few of the pieces in the puzzle fell into place - but only a few. Temporary work in a pet shop that imported all sorts of expensive animals from other planets led Troy to a realization that with certain animals, he could hold wordless communication. Write up from the front flap of 1961 HC ~ĭeported from his own planet in a galactic war, Troy Horan was permitted to hire out only as a daily laborer on Korwar, where he had been relocated. ~ 1st Novel in the Dipple Series by Andre Norton

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