The girl was very beautiful and apparently defenceless, so why should a blood-hungry mob seek to destroy her? Northwest Smith saved her life... but had he know what she was--or how she would try to thank him --he might have left her to die.
For the girl was Shambleau, and across the galaxy that name meant death--or worse.
Now available after too long an absence is C.L. Moore's fantastic vision of the worlds of the future and the weird creatures that inhabit them.
The girl was very beautiful and apparently defenceless, so why should a blood-hungry mob seek to destroy her? Northwest Smith saved her life... but had he know what she was--or how she would try to thank him --he might have left her to die.
For the girl was Shambleau, and across the galaxy that name meant death--or worse.
Now available after too long an absence is C.L. Moore's fantastic vision of the worlds of the future and the weird creatures that inhabit them.