{"product_id":"the-forerunner-factor","title":"The Forerunner Factor","description":"\u003cp\u003eScience fiction adventure from the legendary Andre Norton. A heroic young woman seeks her origins as she comes of age on worlds of peril and alien mystery. Two Andre Norton Forerunner novels  Forerunner and Forerunner: The Second Venture  featuring young Forerunner\/human hybrid Simsa collected for the first time in one volume.  Forerunner  On ancient port world planet Kuxortal  young Simsa grows up among garbage pickers who live upon the ancient ruins of a fallen galactic civilizationthe Forerunners. But Simsa has always been different. Her skin is iridescent blue-black and she shares a telepathic bond with an alien pet  a bat like zorsal. When Simsas mentor dies  she must scrape a poor existence from an unyielding planet. But then Thom  a star ranger  arrives from the heavens  and he leads Simsa on a path to the discovery of her origins that takes both through danger to the ultimate revelation. The truth may lie below in the ancient high tech Forerunner ruins where Simsa was first discovered as a infant  but these cavernous mazes are far from quiet and deadand what Simsa discovers there will change her life  and perhaps galactic civilization itself  forever.  Forerunner: The Second Venture  Simsa has escaped the criminal guilds of Kuxortal only to find herself held prisoner by starfaring humans intent on discovering the secrets of the Forerunners contained within her. With the aid of her pet zorsal  Simsa escapes her captors and crash lands on a sandy world full of danger and mysteryanother world touched by ancient Forerunner civilization. Now Simsa must escape death at alien hands while battling the spirit within her that seeks to possess her very being and transform her into something utterly inhuman. But though the ancient Forerunners may have been technologically advanced beyond comprehension  they have never reckoned with the courage and gritty determination of one young woman determined to keep her freedom and write her own destiny among the stars.  About Andre Norton:  The Grand Dame of Science FictionTime  One of the all-time masters.Peter Straub  Andre Norton is a superb storyteller whose skill draws the reader completely into a fantastic other worldChicago Tribune  Nortons renowned story-telling magic is present in abundance . . .Future Retrospective\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950251634741,"sku":"ByrdShop_1451638809","price":60.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781451638806.jpg?v=1770103232","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-forerunner-factor","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}