The Beast Master

After emigrating to an Earth-like planet, Hosteen Storm uses his ability to communicate with animals to track down the man who has killed his father and to defeat the aliens who have destroyed his home planet.

Andre Norton was born Alice Mary Norton in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of rug company owner and his wife. She began writing while she was in high school, and she was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper. She also wrote her first novel, Ralestone Luck, which was published in 1938. Her first published novel was The Prince Commands (1934). She graduated from high school in 1930 a …