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Dark piper

by Andre Norton

After an attack on the research planet Beltane, ten young survivors emerge from underground caves to find the human population has perished. They must survive in a world now dominated by hostile mutant creatures in the wake of a galactic war.

Accession 34018 ISBN 0575003227 Publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd.
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