Star Guard by Andre Norton HC/DJ 1955 1st Edition

Star Guard by Andre Norton HC/DJ 1955 1st EditionSpine is solid no wiggle or lean, no writing inside our outside of this book, DJ has some wearing and edge wear, pages are crips and clean.3956 A.D. found the people of earth, Terra, firmly under the power of Central Control - or so it seemed. Arch Swordsman Kana Karr had been taught like the rest of earth's men that the role in the universe assigned to them was to be its mercenaries. Under the command of officers from other planets, they went wherever fighting was necessary.Outwardly there seemed to be no trouble. But rumors were beginning to spread - rumors of disasters that had wiped out whole units of Terra's men. Kana Karr knew of these rumors when he set out on his first mission, but it was to be a seemingly easy police action on the planet Fronn. The assignment proved to be anything but what was expected. Kana and his comrades faced, not just disaster, but the planned annihilation of their whole force! In these distant planets, some power was beginning a campaign to overthrow the whole system.How could word be gotten back to Central Control? What network of forces was operating under an apparently calm surface? And what did this all mean for the planet Terra and mankind? In a breath-taking novel of outer space, Andre Norton spins a tale of excitement and intrigue, this time thrusting the reader into a future world where men are not the masters but underdogs of the universe. Star Guard is another tightly plotted, fast moving adventure to add to such popular Norton books as Star Rangers, Star Man's Son, and At Swords' Point.