The Defiant Agents: A Positronic Book

The Defiant Agents: A Positronic Book - Paperback

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The Defiant Agents: A Positronic Book - Paperback

The Defiant Agents: A Positronic Book - Paperback

by Andre Norton
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Book Overview

A fast-paced science fiction adventure of colonization, alien worlds, and the struggle to survive beyond Earth.

In The Defiant Agents, Andre Norton returns to the richly imagined universe of her interstellar exploration novels, where human expansion into distant systems brings both opportunity and danger. A group of agents is sent to prepare a newly discovered world for settlement, only to find that the planet is far from empty and far from predictable.

As the mission unfolds, tensions rise between human objectives and the realities of an alien environment shaped by unknown forces. Norton combines action, suspense, and careful world-building to explore themes of adaptation, identity, and survival in unfamiliar territory.

First published in 1962, The Defiant Agents stands as a key entry in Norton's body of work, reflecting her ability to craft accessible yet richly layered science fiction. This unabridged edition presents the complete text for modern readers.

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ISBN9781515402473
Author Andre Norton
PublisherPositronic Publishing
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages152
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Mercedes Lackey is the author of the bestselling Valdemar series, the Obsidian Trilogy (The Outstretched Shadow, To Light a Candle, and When Darkness Falls), the Enduring Flame trilogy (The Phoenix Unchained, The Phoenix Engendered, and The Phoenix Transformed), and The Phoenix Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms. She has written many other books, including Trio of Sorcery, Phoenix and Ashes, Sacred Ground, The Firebird, The Fairy Godmother, and Alta. Lackey is the co-author, with Andre Norton, of the Halfblood Chronicles, including Elvenborn. Mercedes Lackey was born in Chicago and graduated from Purdue University. She has worked as an artist's model, a computer programmer, and for American Airlines, and has written lyrics and recorded more than fifty songs. She lives in Oklahoma.

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