She was the first female to win the Gandalf Grand Master Award in 1977 and was also awarded the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the SFWA in 1983. She wrote for both adults and young adults. If you can find the book, young adults might enjoy it, but I don't recommend this audio version.Andre Norton (1912-2005) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy.

I immediately deleted the file from my hard drive. It took me a long time finish listening to the story, and I finished it only because I couldn't remember how the last quarter or so of the book went. all contributed to making me regret the purchase. Near-monotonic voice, unrhythmic reading with sentences broken in odd places (whether for breath or from poor reading skills, I don't know), very little difference in the characters' voices, and what seemed to be a New York accent of some sort. Roberts' performance made it a very painful experience. This isn't one of Norton's best stories, but it's worth reading or listening to. Having grown up reading Norton stories in the local library's collection, I was so excited about finding this one in audio format that I just hauled out the credit in a flash and made the purchase.

When I saw this Andre Norton story on sale, I broke a longstanding rule for audiobook purchases: I didn't listen to the sample before buying. This is a short book, just a bit longer than a novella. Parents shouldn't hesitate to recommend this book to their young teenaged scifi fans. He has a good voice, good cadence and you get used to him within a couple of chapters. Takes a couple of chapters to get accustomed to that since we are SO spoiled with actors doing many of Audible's titles. What do you think the narrator could have done better? He approaches a criminal mind with a plan to provide a substitute for a young family member in order to get access to those funds that the kid would inherit. A disgruntled guild spacer finds a crashed ship belonging to a very wealthy family. Instead, it's a good action book involving people and space. If you are looking for in depth characterization or cerebral science fiction, this book is not it. What did you like best about Star Hunter? What did you like least?

Dread Companion by Andre Norton