A Pride of Monsters

Humans face fear and the unknown in five terrifying tales of the future LION LOOSE unfolds a harrowing tale of outer-space cat-and-mouse in the Executive Błock of the Seventh Star Hotel. [The Hub] THE SEARCHER describes the perilous adventures of a sleuthing beauty who pits her technological skill against a living mass of radioactive energy. [The Hub] THE WINDS OF TIME features the janandra, a malevolent, frighteningly intelligent monster who owns its ostensible master and terrorizes a chartered space ship. [The Hub] THE PORK CHOP TREE reveals subtle dangers lurking in a new form of plant that loves its victims to a spiritual death. [The Hub] GREENFACE is a hideous, smiling egg-shaped monster who disrupts the tranquility of a fishing camp. ► Intriguing . . . the new hobgoblins for the new mind rushing in where vampires and dragons have ceased to tread. ◄ Library Journal ► An eerie collection of tangible, intangible and thoroughly enigmatic creatures of the future . . . . Schmitz skillfully combines terror with an elusive touch of sympathy. . . . that distinguishes the good science fiction writer from the outstanding. . . . refreshing, unusual, and like ąll good science fiction, just plain scary. ◄ Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. * First book edition 1970 Macmillan First Collier Books edition 1973 Second printing 1973 Cover art by Richard Jones Collier books - A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.