STAR RANGERS
by Andre Norton
The 80th century A.D. when an impartial rule of galactic systems is disintegrating frames a science fiction story with adult concepts and a catchy theme. Kartr of the loyal Space Patrol crashes on a strange planet where they find that the democracy to which they have been faithful is no more than a shell and that their own chieftain has false ambitions. They explore and settle the new planet which becomes a refuge for others, and as a new and better life unfolds, they learn that the planet is the legendary Terra of the first spacemen. Reptiles and birdmen as well as humans people this and their worlds are a myriad of far-reaching systems, quite imaginatively projected.