Star Soldiers

Name: Star Soldiers
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Andre Norton
ISBN: 9781666101720

Author: Andre Norton

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Unabridged: 14 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/30/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Only as interstellar mercenaries can humans go to the stars; the aliens who already dominate the galaxy allow no other recourse. But when Swordsman Third Class Kana Karr and his comrades-in-arms are betrayed and abandoned on a hostile world by their alien masters, the warriors from Earth begin a desperate but glorious march across a planet whose every sword is against them. Their actions may doom humanity's future . . . or lead the way to an empire of their own!

Four thousand years later, galactic civilization is collapsing, and the underfunded crew of an exploration starship is forced to set down on an uncharted planet: a mysterious, abandoned world that is achingly beautiful-and hauntingly familiar. Ranger Sergeant Kartr, telepath and stellar Patrolman, searches with his crewmates for the source of a beacon which may mean escape for them all. What he finds is far stranger: the first clue to what may become the greatest revelation in galactic history!

The defining events of future historyas only Andre Norton could tell them!

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 William on February 28, 2011

Star Soldiers by Andre Norton Humanity’s aggressive nature causes them to be galactic mercenaries when they burst out of Sol’s gravity well. Molded into a strict regime by Galactic Central Control, man’s creative aspects are ignored as they bleed off their most courageous warriors. ANDRE NORTON needs......more

Goodreads review by D.L. on March 01, 2013

I read several Andre Norton books when I was a kid. She wrote well over a hundred, mostly pulp space operas that were just what kids in the ‘space age’ wanted. Her tales of human space exploration, discovering other worlds, and meeting with strange aliens were simple but inspirational. We expected s......more

Goodreads review by J on March 28, 2013

Star Soldiers is an "omnibus" of two Andre Norton pieces. Each of an approximate 200 pages in length, these novels are Star Guard and Star Rangers respectively. The author wrote them in such a similar fashion that they may be seen as set within the same "Universe" despite not truly being connected. A......more

Goodreads review by Jay on March 09, 2025

Classic science fiction from one of the great authors is a refreshing read with most current writers writing either about the end of the world or writing fantasy. This is two books in one. In the first, Earth has entered into space flight and met with more developed species and Earth has become the......more

Goodreads review by Excel on April 19, 2024

Two stories from the grand dame of sci fi aimed at a younger audience that don’t quite hit the “enjoyable by any age” category, but enjoyable nonetheless. The first story (Star Guard) is essentially about space knight mercenaries being betrayed by hi tech mercenaries and having to fight their way off......more