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Storm Over Warlock / Ordeal in Otherwhere: Two Ace First Printings
Storm Over Warlock / Ordeal in Otherwhere Two Ace First Printings Author:Andre Norton Two Andre Norton novels set on the mysterious planet Warlock. — ~ ~~ ~ — STORM OVER WARLOCK: — The Throg force struck the Terran survey camp a few minutes after dawn, without warning, and with a deadly precision which argued that the aliens had fully reconnoitered and prepared that attack. A single cowering witness, flattened on a ledge in the heig... more »hts above, know that nothing human could possibly be left alive.
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Thus, Shann Lantee, most menial of the Terrans attached to that camp, was left alone and weaponless in the strange hostile world. Human prey for the aliens from space. But they were NOT the greatest menace on Warlock!
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ORDEAL IN OTHERWHERE:
The mysterious Wyverns, introduced in *Storm Over Warlock*, make another appearance. I believe this is the first novel of Ms. Norton's many which featured a female heroine.
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With her home world, the colonial planet Demeter, in the hands of a tyrant, Charis Nordholm had no choice but to leave. She signed a contract which put her in the service of the off-worlder Jagan. Her assignment: to go to Warlock and open trade with the Wyverns.
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At first Charis was attracted by the dreams of the shimmering "witches," and she yearned to learn more of their secrets. It was not until she met Shann Lantee and his wolverine crew that Charis finally began to undertand the menace of Warlock. By then, it was almost too late.« less