The Witches of Karres (The Witches of Karres #1)
James H. Schmitz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
4.13
· 16 ratings · 271 pages · Published: 1966
Captain Pausert thought his luck had finally turned—but he did not yet realize it was a turn for the worse. On second thought, make that a turn for the disastrous*.
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. He was all set to return home, where his true love was faithfully waiting for him ... he hoped.
But then he made the fatal mistake of freeing three slave children from their masters (who were suspiciously eager to part with them). 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.
And all because those harmless-looking little girls were in fact three of the notorious and universally feared Witches of Karres.
Tagged as:
- sc-fi 4
- space 3
- space opera 3
- action / adventure 3
- magic 3
- paranormal 2
- witches & sorcerers 2
- funny 2
- aliens 2
- comedy 2
- time travel 2
- invasion 1
- psychics 1
- outlaw 1
- classics 1
- military, war & conflict 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- young adult 2
- book 1
romance tags
crime tags
literary-fiction tags
historical-fiction tags
fantasy tags
sci-fi tags
action-adventure tags
thriller tags
horror tags
Collections/Custom tags
The 'The Witches of Karres' series
4.07 · 55 ratings
fiction · magic · space-opera · book · space · paranormal · witches-wizards · action-adventure · sci-fi · young-adult · aliens · audiobook
The Witches of Karres reading order and complete book list ❯