Secret of the Stars

by Andre Norton

Star Hunter and Secret of the Lost Race. Together in an omni trade paperback volume from master storytelling legend, Andre Norton.  A hunted man makes a last stand against deadly pursuers on a hellish planet. A hunter on a dangerous world encounters a menacing alien.

Secret of the Lost Race
Joktar was running for his life—and he didn’t know why. After growing up orphaned in the spaceman’s helltown of interstellar New York, Joktar was adept at dodging the law, but he knew of no special reason why all the police forces of the civilized galaxy should suddenly concentrate on him. All he knew was that he had to run—out of the Solar system and across the galaxy to the mysterious Wolf worlds.  In the freezing hell that was the planet Fenris, Joktar turned to face his hunters and fight to regain his freedom in a universe gone mad.
 
Star Hunter
On safari to an unexplored jungle world, Ras Hume must  hunt two kinds of quarry—the fearsome native beasts and the equally menacing lone survivor of a mysterious spaceship crash.

About Andre Norton:
"The Grand Dame of Science Fiction…”—Time

“One of the all-time masters.”—Peter Straub

“Andre Norton is a superb storyteller whose skill draws the reader completely into a fantastic other world…”—Chicago Tribune

“Norton's renowned story-telling magic is present in abundance . . .”—Future Retrospective

Genres: Anthologies, Fantasy

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First published April 15, 2014

About the author

Andre Norton, born Alice Mary Norton, was a pioneering American author of science fiction and fantasy, widely regarded as the Grande Dame of those genres. She also wrote historical and contemporary fiction, publishing under the pen names Andre Alice Norton, Andrew North, and Allen Weston. She launched her career in 1934 with The Prince Commands, adopting the name “Andre” to appeal to a male readership. After working for the Cleveland Library System and the Library of Congress, she began publishing science fiction under “Andrew North” and fantasy under her own name. She became a full-time writer in 1958 and was known for her prolific output, including Star Man’s Son, 2250 A.D. and Witch World, the latter spawning a long-running series and shared universe. Norton was a founding member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America and authored Quag Keep, the first novel based on the Dungeons & Dragons game. She influenced generations of writers, including Lois McMaster Bujold and Mercedes Lackey. Among her many honors were being the first woman named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master. In her later years, she established the High Hallack Library to support research in genre fiction. Her legacy continues with the Andre Norton Award for young adult science fiction and fantasy.

Reviews

[Gail Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the 2 stories in this book, classic space drama for Andre Norton. In SECRET OF THE LOST RACE the character Joktor is a games dealer in an unsavory neighborhood, and when the law does a round up in his neck of the city he is caught and because of a disc he wears on his neck he is accused of theft and murder... in the torture that follows, the law discovers that he isn't what they first thought so he is packed onto a space ship, put into sleep and sent to a work planet... where things are not as they seem at all...

[Carolyn]

Read the first book in this omnibus, and part of the second.
Need to go back and finish it.
Moved to this shelf on 9/16/14.

[Susan Kite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent classic Norton. I have these as separate novels. Either way, you can't go wrong