Warriors of a Distant Planet — Carol Weston

Soren, a child of Earth parents, is three and a halfyears old when brutal raiders kidnap her brother and two other young boys. Heronly lead is a leather braid with strange symbols embossed on it she took offone of the warriors.Embracing the wild and bloody nature of the unchartedplanet, the survivors are known as the Seva Te, produce only girls, and win therespect of all tribes but one-the Shuntons.Years later, Soren hears a word only her brother usedin magic tricks and follows it to its source. With her slave Tak, she journeysfar from the safety of her desert home, over snowcapped mountains, and junglesruled by 'the little people of the forest', leaving word to be delivered to hersisters in hope they will follow.She finds there is more to her chemical make-up thanshe knew when by accident a drop of her blood gives life back to a dying wardog and youth to an old blind man who diligently guards his secret past, butknows her brother's whereabouts.Her sisters fail to join her and she fears their nemesis,the Shuntons, have something to do with it.