Classic Science Fiction From One of the Grand Masters of the Genre,
Andre Norton's "Dark Piper". Strange fantasy Cover Art is by Jack Gaughan
Millions of youngsters cut their science fiction eye-teeth on the stories of Andre Norton. She was one of the original giants in mid-twentieth cenntury science fiction, one of the most prolific of writers, and readers have much to thank her for as far as the development of science fiction themes. Not only that, but her stories were excellent! - thrilling and well-thought-out; they spanned the realms of both science and fantasy.
Cover Blurb for "Dark Piper" :
— Returning home after ten years, Griss Lugard found Beltane relatively untouched by the annihilating war of the Four Sectors, her inhabitants still immersed in the biological researches on mutation for which the planet had been designated. The destruction of the other worlds i the Confederation meant little to them, nor would they listen to Lugard's warnings of danger from the lawless elements roaming the chaotic off-world. Only Vere Collis and his nine young friends believed in Lugard and, drawn by his magnetism and his promise of exploring unknown desert caves, were safe underground when a series of explosions rocked Beltane, killing Lugard and sealing them in. In the days that followed, the small group battled fear and despair, as well as enemies more tangible, until they won their way to the surface, there to receive a shattering blow: all other human inhabitants on Beltane had perished. Only strange, and possibly hostile mutant creatures remained ....
— Rich in excitement and adventure, "Dark Piper" once more displays the superlative imagination and narrative skill that have put Andre Norton among the top writers of science fiction. —
DARK PIPER by ANDRE NORTON
ACE Book No. 13795
NEW YORK
[1968 ]
Reprint ... First Paperback Edition / First Ace Printing
Original 60¢ Cover Price
Approximately 4 1/8" x 7"
220 pages + 4 pages of publisher's list
Cover Art and Interior Line illustration by Jack Gaughan
CONDITION
CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE , WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTED:
EXTERIOR :
FRONT — A couple of small blind-impression dents - a soft bump to bottom fore-edge tip with attendant just perceptible creases -- else bright clean and presentable
BACK — Near-negligible surface rub --- else bright clean and presentable
SPINE — Near-negligible surface rub and a couple of tiny nicks --- else bright, clean and presentable with no roll or crease
PAGE EDGES :— Clean
BINDING / GLUE — Solid and tight -- no pages are loose or detached
INTERIOR — Clean and presentable
A LOVELY SPECIMEN - SEEMINGLY UNREAD
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