The Zero Stone : Ace #95962

New York, New York: Ace Books. Fine. 1968. First Paperback Edition: First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 221 pages: 4.25 x 7 in.: 0.6: KB#015921: This is one of Andre Norton's Murdoc Jern Books. Cover shows a man wearing a scuba-like breathing helmet, connected to a cat. Copyright page has Copyright Date of 1968 on it, Ace #95962, original price of $1.25. Covers and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "A mysterious stone, born of worlds long extinct, is the key to powers unimaginable to man—powers that could enable its owners to control the universe. Murdoc Jern, gem trader, finds that possession of the stone has led him to the center of a web of intrigue and murder.With his companion Eet, an inscrutable feline mutant with phenomenal ESP powers, he is hunted through space, coming finally to a long forgotten planet inhabited by apelike "sniffers." There, facing the predatory sniffers, the antagonistic Patrol and the laser-guns of the Thieves' Guild, Murdoc must seek the source of the Zero Stone and bargain for his right to pursue his destiny as a free man. " If interested, we have over 80 classic original Andre Norton science fiction stories in-hand and available.: Cover Art .