He concludes by giving him a knife and telling it to drive it home if he doesn't believe him. Kill Me Now, or Forever Stay Your Hand: In The Beast Master, Hosteen has to persuade an alien that a spaceship, landing in a forbidden area, is not a human ship but that of their enemies.
Home Sweet Home: In The Beast Master, Hosteen Storm nearly goes insane after the destruction of Terra he channels it into a desire for Revenge, and in the end, discovers that he had still living relatives on another planet where he could make his new home.This despite the fact that the Xiks had just destroyed the planet Earth (we were living on other planets too, so it's not as big a deal). When Xik spies' actions are revealed to be the cause of a series of disasters, they're hit with civil - legal - action, instead of military. Xiks are clearly Always Chaotic Evil, but they're only left reduced to their homeworld and closely watched. Genocide Dilemma: This dilemma is resolved non-genocidally.Luckily the human race had already spread out to other planets in the galaxy. Earth That Was: In the backstory of The Beast Master, the alien Xik performed a "burnoff" of the surface of the Earth, killing all humans living on it.Due to the Dead: In The Beast Master, Hosteen Storm taunts a character he has realized is an alien: recounting all the aliens' funerary customs and how he won't get them, because no one will realize he died.Brown Note: Lord of Thunder mentions that subsonic noise could be used to control animals or drive them into madness.Bottled Heroic Resolve: In Lord of Thunder.Bond Creatures: Hosteen Storm's animal companions.The Beastmaster: Hosteen Storm has telepathic links with a group of genetically-engineered animals (a cat, an eagle, and a pair of meerkats).Badass Native: Hosteen Storm is an ex-commando of Navajo descent.
Attack Animal: Surra the sandcat is highly effective in battle.Animal Espionage: Hosteen Storm regularly uses his animals as spies/observers.
It in turn inspired the TV series Beastmaster. The fantasy film series The Beastmaster was inspired by Andre Norton's novel, but makes so many changes that she declined to be credited. Many years later, three more sequels were written by Lyn McConchie. Norton wrote one sequel, Lord of Thunder (1962). Following a war between humanity and the alien Xik, which humanity wins but only after the Xik wipe out all life on Earth, he attempts to make a new life for himself on one of Earth's colony worlds, where he gets involved in a Space Western adventure and another conflict with the Xik. The Beast Master is Hosteen Storm, a commando soldier with telepathic/empathic links to a team of genetically-enhanced animal companions: the meerkats Hing and Ho, the African Black Eagle Baku and the sand cat Surra. The Beast Master (1959) is a science fiction novel by Andre Norton.
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