The first novel in "Solar Queen" series, followed by , and others.The novel follows Dane Thorson, a newbie apprentice cargo master on board of a Free Trader spaceship Solar Queen, and his adventures on a recently discovered planet.
Dan Thorson by? ?wie?o upieczonym absolwentem akademii kszta?c?cej obs?ug? statk?w kosmicznych. Jednak nie trafi? na statek ?adnej z presti?owych kompanii handlowych. Komputer zaoferowa? mu los wolnego po?rednika.B?d?c najm?odszym cz?onkiem za?ogi statku „Kr?lowa S?o?ca”, Dan trafia na planet? z tajemnicz? przesz?o?ci? by rozwia? mroki jej tera?niejszo?ci.
"From between the two shuffling dancers padded something on four feet. The canine-feline creature was more than just a head; it was a loose-limbed, graceful body fully eight feet in length, and the red eyes in the prick-eared head were those of a killer.... Words issued from between those curved fangs, words which Dane might not understand...."Dane slid his blade out surreptitiously, setting its point against the palm of his hand and jabbing painfully; but the terrible creature continued to advance.... There was no blurring of its lines...."Dane Thorson of the space-ship knew there was only one way to win out over this hideous thing — a battle to the end between his rational mind and the hypnotic witchcraft of Lumbrilo, the mental wizard of the planet Khatka.
Simon Tregarth, agent tajnych s?u?b wywiadowczych w czasie II wojny ?wiatowej, musi ucieka? przed p?atnymi zab?jcami nas?anymi przez swoich dawnych mocodawc?w. Szans? na unikniecie spotkania z wrogami, okaza? si? mo?e u?ycie staro?ytnego artefaktu — Niebezpiecznego Tronu. Dzi?ki s?ono op?aconej pomocy dr. Jorge Petroniusa, Simon przenosi si? do ?wiata r?wnoleg?ego — Estcarpu — w kt?rym w?adz? sprawuj? czarownice. Jednak i w tym nowym ?wiecie wojna nie jest czym? obcym. W Estcarpie panuje swoisty matriarchat, w kt?rym najwy?sz? w?adz? sprawuj? obdarzone moc?, ?yj?ce ...
Andre Norton enthralled readers for decades with thrilling tales of people challenged to the limits of their endurance in epic battles of good against evil. None are more memorable than her Witch World novels.Simon Tregarth, a man from our own world, escapes his doom through the gates to the Witch World. There he aids the witch Jaelithe’s escape from the hounds of Alizon, only to find himself embroiled in a deeper war against an even deadlier foe: the Kolder.Nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1964.
