Series: Book 1 in the Beastmaster series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction
Summary
In 1959 Andre Norton published
The Beast Master, a fast-paced science fiction adventure
that introduced to readers a new kind of hero, Hosteen Storm.
Storm, a Navajo from the American southwest, served in the
Planetary Confederacy forces as a Beast Master teamed with an
African eagle, a meercat, and a dune cat.
Telepathically linked to his team animals, Storm served
valiantly in the war that eventually defeated the alien Xiks,
though victory could not prevent the aliens from destroying
Earth. With his homeworld gone, Storm emigrated to the
colonized frontier planet Arzor, where he would have to help
fight a holdout Xik force that has brought the war to his
adopted home.
In
Lord of Thunder, Storm's beast master skills and animal
partners are needed to unravel the mystery behind a huge
gathering of the indigenous Norbies. Only Storm and his
half-brother Logan Quade can penetrate the Norbies' clan
secrets and discover what is behind the threat of...