The Stars Are Ours (Pax/Astra, Bk. 1)

On Earth in A.D. 2500, science is blamed for all the evils in the world, and a mass extermination of scientists begins. When his brother is executed, Dard Nordis knows his only chance for freedom is to escape to the stars on the Free Scientists' secret spaceship.

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 …