The Witches of Karres (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: James H. Schmitz
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—interplanetary romance
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: The fringes of a galactic empire
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Slavery or slaves, Future, Mistaken or secret identity, Other worlds, Witches or witchcraft, Theft, Pirates, Rescue
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
As the novel opens, Captain Pausert is thinking only about going home after having sold his trade goods. He happens to encounter a little girl, a slave in need of rescue. Before he knows what is happening, he has bought the girl, Maleen, and her two sisters, Goth and Leewit, from their respective owners, probably saving the owners from a fate worse than death.
As Pausert finds out soon after his departure, he has rescued three of the infamous Karres witches, apparently in control of an energy called klatha. Pausert discovers their powers when valuable objects...
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