Most Popular Books by Andre Norton

A piracy consortium is formed for hijacking trading ships in space. Captain Jellico of the trading ship, Solar Queen, discovers its existence in the course of a journey and mounts an operation to destroy it. By the author of Redline the Stars.

When a highly skilled sensitive comes into contact with a strange green stone, she finds herself trapped in the past in the identity of another person.

It is a desperate time in Witch World. The Magestone, the key to the pandimensional gates, has been lost and now all the gates are open. In the classic series'' grand finale, an infinite flood of evil is about to wash across the world as Simon Tregarth returns to lead the planet''s heroes in the final war against the forces of darkness.

Eydrth is a Master Songsmith...who has no magic. She will do anything to save her father from the evil that has stolen his mind. But the paths to the magic of the Witch World are many--and to save the ones you love, the truest magic must come from the heart... Andre Norton has been called "one of the most popular writers of our time" (Publishers Weekly) and has for over twenty-five years enchanted readers with the most famous and popular of her works: the enthralling Witch World. With bestseller A.C. Crispin, Norton has woven an eternal love story, filled with magic and wonder. Songsmith is the novel that Witch World fans have been waiting for--a shining jewel in the Witch World cosmos.

For the first time in paperback--a new Time Traders adventure in which Time Patrol stalwart Ross Murdock journeys back in time to find out what happened to the fabled civilization of Atlantis.

A mysterious maze Eleven-year-old Holly Wade and her twin siblings, Judy and Crockett, are sent to live with their grandparents in the small town of Dimsdale, Massachusetts when their father is declared missing in action in Vietnam. Dimsdale is nothing like Boston; there are only two other African-American children in the entire school. Even worse, Grandpa and Grandma Wade live in an old junkyard! While exploring one day, Holly, Judy, and Crockett wander into an overgrown hedge maze—and find themselves transported back in time to Dimsdale''s past. Can they right an ancient wrong and free the town of Dimsdale from a witch''s curse?

In the "excellent" sequel to The Zero Stone, Murdoc Jern searches for the source of the mysterious gem that leaves violence in its wake ( Kirkus Reviews). The Zero Stone is the greatest treasure—and the greatest curse. It holds all the power of the universe, and such power is worth killing for. The seemingly dull, lifeless rock is Murdoc Jern''s sole inheritance from his father, who himself was murdered over the stone. But to uncover its power, he first has to figure out the secret of its origins. With no choice but to run for life and limb while trying to solve the mystery of the Zero Stone, Murdoc and his feline mutant companion, Eet, travel across the galaxy—business class, of course—hopping from world to world and bad situation to worse in their quest. All they have to do now is duck the lethally unforgiving Thieves Guild, avoid the never-give-up law enforcement corps of the Patrol, and somehow manage to stay alive if they want to unleash the most awesome power the universe has ever seen . . . Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton''s "version of hallucinatory and telepathic events is excellent and the . . . duo is inspired." Along with The Zero Stone, these novels are "two of the author''s best" ( Kirkus Reviews).

When his father marries her mother, Chris Fitton and Nan Mallory--both twelve--are thrust into a new life. While their parents are enjoying an extended honeymoon, Chris and Nan must live with Aunt Elizabeth, attend new schools, and worst of all, be civil to one another. They''re certain that their future is bleak--until Chris''s visit to the Salvation Army store. It is there that he finds the model of the Red Hart Inn, a structure that holds a strange allure for them both. That night, Chris and Nan find themselves in the same dream--living inside the Red Hart Inn in seventeenth century England. And when danger threatens, they must set aside their differences and find a way to work together--before it''s too late....

Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton''s books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Amelia could never have known that the necklace—the delicate filigree butterflies of dead black iron—would become the yoke that could drag her down to death. Amelia Harrach lived with a name blackened by scandal. They said her grandmother''s marriage to a captive Hessian officer during the American Revolution had been false. Moreover, they said Amelia''s father was a bastard. Then came the news that her grandfather was indeed alive and ready to acknowledge Amelia''s legitimacy, and make her heiress to a great fortune in Germany. And so began a journey—a journey into horror and evil that would endanger Amelia and her fortune. Suddenly, she was trapped in a world of drugs and nightmares. But the treacherous way to freedom lay ahead—and so did love . . .

Quest Crosstime features the same characters of the Andre Norton''s novel The Crossroads of Time. The new science fiction story swings Blake and Marfy across the fabric of counted years from the successor world of Vroom to a strange level warred over by rival factions of a remotely familiar Toltec empire to near-disaster in the rivers of a lifeless project world.

An orphan girl battles an evil mage in this "stunningly vivid" fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Scent of Magic (Starlog). A mage, seeking to enslave the Valley and destroy the Forest, has brutally sundered a family. A mother has fled into the woods with her infant girl-child, while the depraved sorcerer holds the babe''s twin—a boy—captive in a black tower. The mother dies but the girl survives. Adopted by the strange denizens of the Forest—safe from the mage''s malevolent influence—she grows to young womanhood, cultivating a cherished skill that has been denied the others of her kind: the ability to truly hear the sounds of her world. But her future will be fraught with trial and terror, for only she can smash the chains that shackle the Balley and its inhabitants. It is her destiny to confront sorcerer and demon minions, and to oppose the one she must conquer and free: the magician''s protégé and her most powerful adversary. Her bane and blood. Her brother.

A young girl who has been sold as a slave to a trader wishing to do business with the Wyverns who rule the planet Warlock soon finds herself not only in contact with these strange beings but also involved in a mysterious internecine struggle she does not understand.

"A heady mixture of Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and aromatherapy in this new magical adventure" from the Science Fiction Grand Master ( Publishers Weekly). An orphaned child and captive scullery maid, young Willadene possesses an uncanny ability to sense and understand the magical odors that pervade her world. It is this remarkable talent—or curse—that carries her far from the fetid kitchen into an apprenticeship with a revered herbalist and ultimately to the highest circles of the Ducal court. But there is depravity lurking within the castle''s walls, inspiring brazen treacheries and usurpations—and foul abduction as unthinkable as it is unexpected. And an innocent girl finds the heightened sense that has been her fortune is now drawing her down into a maelstrom of evil.

Blake Walker begins a desperate chase, leading him through countless worlds parallel to our own. In each of these, history has taken a different path, but now all are threatened with destruction by one ruthless man who can travel across time. Only the Wardsmen with their uncanny psi powers and Blake, who becomes unwittingly involved, have a chance of averting disaster.

The triumphant conclusion of the Gryphon trilogy, by Grand Master Award-winner Andre Norton and Star Trek bestselling author A.C. Crispin. Kerovan, who with Lady Joisan stood in battle with the forces of evil in The Crystal Gryphon and again in Gryphon in Glory, journeys into the mountains to face Those Who Walk The Dark Path.