Plague Ship
By: by Andre Norton.
Series: Solar Queen #2
Publisher: Magnet Books
Published: 1979
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780416882803
Subjects: Solar Queen (Imaginary space vehicle) -- Fiction.; Space ships -- Fiction.; Life on other planets -- Fiction.
Genres: Science Fiction.
Description: The tramp-freighter spaceship Solar Queen had exclusive trading rights to Sargol and its fabulous gems. But the crew's bravery and resourcefulness strained to the breaking point as they met Sargol's three challenges: the enigmatic obstinancy of the planet's catlike natives, ruthless incursions of an illegal competitor, and worst of all -- an invisible, undetectable stowaway whose presence branded the Solar Queen a plague ship...off limits to the rest of the galaxy!
Notes: Originally published: New York: Gnome Press, 1956, under the name Andrew North; and London: Gollancz, 1971, under the name André Norton.
Cover art by Tony Roberts.