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Title: dull rehash of cliches in Andre Norton style
Review: Except for a level of bloodletting commensurate with contemporary sanguinary, and presumably more realistic, standards, this reads like all those Andre Norton titles I read in my youth (1966-1972), pre-New Wave (H.Ellison's "Dangerous Visions") pablum with no physics in support of its many deus ex machina.Juvenile, uncompelling scifi trappings for a Robert Louis Stevenson pastiche without wordsmithing to match.Since I got both from the public library, I will read the sequel in hope of finding some redemption for the expended ink, paper and hours lost to plodding through this dog.Do not waste a nickel on purchasing this, let alone precious reading time.
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