Four novels of rapid-fire interstellar adventure, set in a common universe,by the Grand Master of the form, Andre Norton:"The X Factor": Only Diskan Fentress's mutant powers had a chance ofstopping the looting of his new world."Voorloper": Three those survivors — an embittered wanderer, his son,and a young girl with a healing power — know they have nothing to lose andset out to find the secret of the Shadow Death that blights the planetVoor."The Eye of the Monster": Rees Naper had survived the onslaught of the alienIshkurian "crocs," but had to cover miles of jungle and pass through croc armiesto reach safety. To do that, he would have to think like a croc, move like acroc... and see through the eye of the monster."The Sioux Spaceman": Kade Whitehawk chose to join the battle for Ikkinnifreedom, even though that choice made him a renegade to his own people, andwould almost certainly mean his death.