En esta historia regresamos a Korwar, el escenario de Catseye: esa ciudad de sibaritas, corrupción y el Gremio de Ladrones. Andre Norton se esfuerza por traer a las mujeres al primer plano, demostrando que pueden tener el control y las aventuras. Desafortunadamente, convierte al personaje principal femenino, Ziantha, en una adolescente humana que se deja influenciar demasiado fácilmente y no es lo suficientemente rebelde.Ziantha ha sido adoptada por la fascinante maestra criminal, Yasa, una Sala...

This book was a time warp within itself because it harked back to atime when parapsychology and psychometry actually were being explored for potential guidence by archeologists. The early 70's were a very credulous time in many ways, probably the result of some of the mindopeing experiences of the late sixties.I also caught myself wondering how conversant Norton was with Dion Fortune, so if anyone knows about who Norton kept in contact with please let me know.With that being said I listened to t...

Picked this one up at an estate sale for 50 cents. Cover art is superb. In the 70s, all the cool fantasy authors decided that magic was passe, but powers of the mind are *really real* (Uri Geller bends spoons, etc.). Toward that end, Norton faithfully applies the rules from the AD&D Psionics Handbook (2nd Edition) and takes us on a glorious adventure with a 12th-level psionicist.My spouse read this one first and accurately called it Inception with mind powers. The plotting is cool, both in t...

Generally considered a sequel to Storm Over Warlock and Ordeal in Otherwhere, but the ties are slender. The background universe is the same, and an important character is the son of the protagonists of the previous book. He also is a telepath trained by the Wyverns of Warlock. Previous books in this loose series were SF adventure written in a clean style. In this book, Norton often writes in a pseudo-archaic style probably in an effort to make the book more exotic. For me, it just makes the book...

Quick easy read that didn't sacrifice style or quality. Kind of a psionic space opera tale of intrigue and action adventure. Hard to pin it down, but it's a good story with some interesting twists in it at the end.

Me gustó mucho este libro cuando tenía unos 14 años, y todavía recuerdo algunas partes: La escena que recuerdo era bajo tierra, en los túneles de los Precursores. Están iluminados con una luz gris tenue por tubos de luz de los Precursores, que son MUY antiguos. El equipo está en lo profundo de los túneles cuando las luces comienzan a desvanecerse...SE FUNDE A NEGRO.¡Un momento genuinamente aterrador!Aquí está la reseña para leer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."...El artefacto alienígen...

While labelled third in the Forerunner series, you won't spoil anything in the first two books if you read this one first. Ris Lantee, Shann Lantee's son(?) is a character, but Norton never kills off protagonists so this won't be a shocker. Also, there's not any significant content from earlier in the series you need to know to enjoy this.Ziantha is a bit bland and with less agency than Charis Nordholme of the second book and the time travel sequences felt a bit jammed together. A decent read bu...

The third in the series, though much less connected than Storm Over Warlock and Ordeal in Otherwhere. (Blink and you'll miss it.) And it opens on the same planet where Catseye takes placeZiantha also sprang from the Dipple and escaped it; Yasa, a catwoman, a high-ranking veep of the Thieves' Guild, recognized her as a sensitive and took her in. The story opens with her raiding an information stash kept by a politician now in exile -- and happening on a rough clay lump in his rooms. It obsesses h...

The first book that I ever read by Alice Norton - known as Andre Norton. She was basically a SF&F writer who began writing back in the 1950s. Most of her books deal with Psychic traits, links between animals and humans, and psychic links between objects and humans. Her development of characters that you care about, actually care about is one of the best in the field. I originally purchased this book at the Airport while waiting to take a flight down from New York to visit my Grandparents in ...

This is the third book in the Forerunner series. Good read, and written for a younger audience. The main character in the book is a young woman named Ziantha from the slums of a pleasure planet, that had some abilities to sense the past of objects she held. Overall the book explores the possibility of using Parpsychology in a universe of the future. She was taken in and trained by the thieves guild, and expected to work for them. While on a assignment, she found a item of interest that called to...