Janet Asimov Books

Jeff Wells, a Space Academy student, and Norby, a second-hand robot with unusual abilities, find themselves involved in the sinister plans of Ing the Ingrate, who intends to take over the universe.

When unscrupulous scientists try to kidnap Norby in order to learn the secret of the robot's anti-gravitational capabilities, he and Jeff discover on the dragon-inhabited planet Jamya the key to an...

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