Star Flight, Andre Norton
Star Flight, Andre Norton
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Star Flight

Author: Andre Norton

Narrator: Ryan Burke

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/30/2021


Synopsis

Unknown worlds—unknown dangers

The Stars are Ours: Dard Nordis is a hunted man. His brother was murdered for covert activities as a scientist in a world in which scientists and engineers are blamed for the global war that smashed civilization. The global dictatorship of Pax has ordered their execution. Now he is on the run, trying to find the secret stronghold of his brother's friends and colleagues—a hidden place where the few remaining scientists are desperately building a spaceship to escape to the stars.

Star Born. Centuries after the desperate flight from Earth, Pax has been overthrown and humanity again reaches for the stars. Rof Kurbi's spaceship reaches the planet Astra, but he and the crew do not know that the planet already has a colony established centuries ago by the fugitive humans from Earth. Nor do they know that the apparently friendly natives of the planet are actually the malevolent remnants of a corrupt civilization that all but destroyed itself millennia ago—and that they are plotting to eliminate all humans from Astra, both the recent arrivals and the star born colonists.

About Andre Norton

For well over a half century, Andre Norton was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy authors in the world. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many stand-alone novels, her tales of adventure have drawn countless readers to science fiction. Her fantasy novels, including the bestselling Witch World series, her Magic series, and many other unrelated novels, have been popular with readers for decades. Lauded as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, she is the recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Convention. An Ohio native, Norton lived for many years in Winter Park, Florida, and died in March 2005 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Denman G. on December 11, 2010

Nothing too original idea-wise, but the plenty to think about. The characters are charming and the plot well-paced. It's hard to argue with telepath/empaths escaping on a starship from authoritarian rule.......more

Goodreads review by Poetreehugger on May 07, 2022

1950s science fiction, written by an author who legally changed her name from Alice Mary to Andre Alice Norton because a male name would sell more readily to the nearly all male sci-fi market at that time. For the same reason, female characters are as good as nonexistent in this two part series. (I......more

Goodreads review by John on February 28, 2020

Star Flight fits in nicely with the Beast Master series which has Human/Animal teams of explorers and their connection to each other. I also just finished Star Soldiers which consisted of two books Star Guard and Star Rangers. Those books include a theme about humans place in a crowded galaxy. Canno......more

Goodreads review by Robin on May 17, 2021

PROOFREAD PLEASE! The premise of the story is good, but all the proofreading errors stole the pleasure from it. Ouch, ouch ouch!......more