Book description
A threat that unites deadly enemies
Two planets circled Brinsen's Star: Mundis and Secundis. On one, a
tiny colony of refugees from Earth struggles and begins to thrive.
But seeds of destruction have been sown and taken root. Young people
are growing impatient with the rule of their elders, and a schism in
Mundian society threatens to consume it.
Then, from the void between the two planets, a strange space ship
brings a challenge more deadly than any the inhabitants of Mundis have
ever known. Now, in the face of this deadly threat they must do the
impossible: Join together.
“First-rate entertainment . . . and food for soul-searching.”
--Groff Conklin, Galaxy, 1954
“A top-notch original . . . a good interstellar action story.” --P
Schulyer Miller, Astounding, 1954-1958
“First-rate story telling . . . scientific ingenuity . . . a
fast-paced adventure with sustained interest.” --Robert Frazier,
Fantastic, 1954
“Considerably more than 'gee-whiz' space adventure . . . soundly
rooted in science . . . has the charm of Swiss Family Robinson . . .
emphasis upon details . . . the pace is exciting and sustaining . . .
for hours of reading, you couldn't do better than Born Leader.”
--Henry Bott, Imagination, 1954
“Worth reading for its convincing characterization and detailed
treatment . . . a smooth, almost glib tale . . . “ --Robert
Silverbert, Infinity, 1958
J. T. McIntosh is the pseudonym used by the Scottish science
fiction writer James Murdoch Macgregor. Born in 1925 in
Renfrewshire, he published his first short story in 1950 in
Astounding Science Fiction. His first novel was published in
1953. He died in 2008.
