ched the pilot enter the strange
machine. For a single moment he had an impulse to shout, to run
forward, to surrender to his desire to see the others, the ship which
had brought them through space and would, they confidently believed,
take them back to the Terra he knew only as a legend of the past. But
he mastered that desire. He had been right. The road had already
forked and there was no going back. He must carry this secret all the
rest of his life--he must be strong-willed enough so that Homeport
would never know. Time--give them time to be what they could be. Then
in a hundred years--or a thousand--But not yet!

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"Nobody today is telling better stories of straight-forward interstellar
adventure."

--_New York Herald-Tribune_

When Raf Kurbi's Terran spaceship burst into unexplored skies
of the far planet Astra and was immediately made welcome by
the natives of a once-mighty metropolis, Kurbi was unaware of
three vital things:

One was that Astra already harbored an Earth
colony--descended from refugees from the world of the
previous century.

Two was that these men and women were facing the greatest
danger of their existence from a new outburst of the inhuman
fiends who had once tyrannized Astra.

Three was that the natives who were buying Kurbi's science
know-how were those very fiends--and their intentions were
implacably deadly for all humans, whether Earth born or STAR
BORN.

_It's an Andre Norton space adventure--and therefore the tops
in its field!_

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Quotes from the reviews:

"All science-fiction fans will thrill to these new adventures created by
Andre Norton.... All who enjoy a good adventure about the unknown parts
of our galaxy will find this an enchanting story."

--_Jackson _(_Tenn._) _Sun_

"Superb science-fiction."

--_Montgomery Advertiser_

"Andre Norton adds another star to her literary laurels."

--_Cleveland Press_

"A good, clearly thought-out story."

--_New York Times_

"Exciting and adventure-laden."

--_Library Journal_

"Suspense and excitement.... A storyteller of the first class, this is
one of her best."

--_Fantasy & Science Fiction_

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