Search for the Star Stones
Search for the Star Stones

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 161824700X

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Murdoc Jern's father, an interstellar gem trader, was murdered by outlaw competitors and left behind an odd ring, large enough to fit over the finger of a space suit. With his companion Eet, a strange feline mutant with phenomenal mental powers, he soon discovered that the stone in the ring was actually a Zero Stone¾an alien device left behind by an ancient vanished race¾and it was the key to powers beyond human imagination. Murdoc and Eet had to solve the secret of the Zero Stone, and very quickly, because very greedy and dangerous people wanted that ring, and wouldn't hesitate at a second murder to obtain it. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The Zero Stone
The Zero Stone

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1504025474

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A gem trader and a feline mutant unite to find the truth behind a mysterious stone rumored to be the key to all the power in the universe. Apprentice gem trader Murdoc Jern lives on Angkor, a thriving hub of interstellar trade. One day, a furtive visitor brings him a ring discovered on an alien corpse. It’s made of age-pitted metal surrounding a dull and lifeless stone. Yet it exerts a powerful hold on Murdoc. And when his father is killed, Murdoc begins a quest, taking with him his only legacy, the mysterious ring, which he knows is the key to his dad’s death. Accompanied by Eet, a feline mutant with paranormal powers, Murdoc hurtles through space, where he’s pursued by a religious order called the Green Robes. His journey takes him to distant planets and once-great armies marooned on vanished worlds. In a desperate battle to learn the ultimate meaning of the Zero Stone, Murdoc must bargain for his freedom—and his life—and confront the fate that befalls seekers of knowledge.

Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine

Author: Alan P. Lightman

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1101871865

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In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.

Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone

Author: Abraham Verghese

Publisher: Random House India

Published: 2012-05-17

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 8184001754

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Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.

The Book of Stones
The Book of Stones

Author: Robert Simmons

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 593

ISBN-13: 1583949089

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Published in association with North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California.

Secret of the Stars
Secret of the Stars

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises

Published: 2014-04-16

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1625792824

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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 life¾and 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 run¾out 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 quarry¾the fearsome native beasts and the equally menacing lone survivor of a mysterious spaceship crash. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Andre Norton: "The Grand Dame of Science FictionãÓ¾Time _One of the all-time masters.Ó¾Peter Straub _Andre Norton is a superb storyteller whose skill draws the reader completely into a fantastic other worldãÓ¾Chicago Tribune _Norton's renowned story-telling magic is present in abundance . . .Ó¾Future Retrospective

The Bones of Stars
The Bones of Stars

Author: Giti Chandra

Publisher: Hachette India

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9350095874

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‘I am the blood that flows under all, I am the fire and bones of stars. . .’ In the colossal caldera of Yellowstone National Park, a geyser blows in a startling eruption of red, and young Akshat disappears. This is only the tiny, terrifying start to the primal battle, now resurrected in full fury, between the two ancient foes, Elrai and Edasich. As the frantic search for Akshat ensues, his cousins, the child-guardians entrusted with olden secrets, come together with a coven of witches to rescue their beloved Akshat – and indeed the world – from certain peril. But will their growing powers be enough against the merciless evil loosed by the desperate and vicious Hyena-faced One? Will they be able to save Earth from a cataclysm of scorching lava and pulverized rock? Who will finally don the good Elrai’s baldric and leash the trail of death and destruction? Gripping and heart-stopping, The Bones of Stars tracks the defiant crusade of six extraordinary young people against a formidable, brutal force that threatens to obliterate the whole world as you know it. And end it forever.

Search for the Star Stones
Search for the Star Stones

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Baen

Published: 2008-11-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781416555995

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Murdoc Jern’s father, an interstellar gem trader, was murdered by outlaw competitors and left behind an odd ring, large enough to fit over the finger of a space suit. With his companion Eet, a strange feline mutant with phenomenal mental powers, he soon discovered that the stone in the ring was actually a Zero Stone—an alien device left behind by an ancient vanished race—and it was the key to powers beyond human imagination. Murdoc and Eet had to solve the secret of the Zero Stone, and very quickly, because very greedy and dangerous people wanted that ring, and wouldn’t hesitate at a second murder to obtain it. Publisher’s Note: Search for the Star Stones was originally published in parts as The Zero Stone and its sequel Uncharted Stars. This is the first time both novels have appeared in one volume.

The Iron Breed
The Iron Breed

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1618249738

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Two best-selling novels of science fiction adventure from the People saga of legendary storyteller Andre Norton together for the first time. Iron Cage: Johnny has always loved and been protected by the People, the bearlike inhabitants on the planet he calls home. But when a star ship arrives carrying Johnny's original species, humans¾humans who seek to exploit the People for their own ends¾Johnny is forced to choose between loyalty to the creatures he considers his family, and the need to reconnect with his long lost heritage. Breed to Come: On a distant future Earth, humans have polluted the planet and departed, leaving their pets behind to inherit a blasted world. But from that devastated past, a new breed of intelligence arises: the catlike People. Now humans return and the People are in no mood to deal once again with the "demons" who abandoned them to fate so long ago. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Ice and Shadow
Ice and Shadow

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 1618249517

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Two bestselling novels of science fiction adventure set in the Forerunner universe from legendary storyteller Andre Norton together for the first time. Ice Crown: Roane, a young archaeologist, makes planetfall on a previously off-limits world where the inhabitants have been implanted with false memories and conditioned to obey their oligarchic masters. Now Roane must fight to save the enslaved populace and her own inner essence by locating a powerful artifact that could bring new freedom to a planet locked in slavery. Brother to Shadows: Jofre, a young initiate to the assassins guild in a far future world, is betrayed and cast out by a corrupt nemesis. To save himself, Jofre must team with a crafty reptilian alien ally to find the hidden hoard of Forerunner technology and go forth and to find his destiny beyond the stars. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).