![]() ![]() ![]() James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911–April 18, 1981) was an American writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents. They were just trying to be helpful, but those three adorable little girls quickly made Pausert the mortal enemy of his fiancee, his home planet, the Empire, warlike Sirians, psychopathic Uldanians, the dread pirate chieftain Laes Yango-and even the Worm World, the darkest threat to mankind in all of space.Īnd all because those harmless-looking little girls were in fact three of the notorious and universally feared Witches of Karres. he hoped.īut then he made the fatal mistake of freeing three slave children from their masters (who were suspiciously eager to part with them). He was all set to return home, where his true love was faithfully waiting for him. ![]() Unlucky in love, unsuccessful in business, he thought he had finally made good with his battered starship Venture, cruising around the fringes of the Empire and successfully selling off odd-ball cargoes which no one else had been able to sell. On second thought, make that a turn for the disastrous*. Captain Pausert thought his luck had finally turned-but he did not yet realize it was a turn for the worse. ![]()
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