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{{quote|''She said to me 'O Nomad, see I cannot follow you. The star ways were so cold and dree where all the wild winds blew. The wind between the stars, my love the restless wander call, blew low blew high, into the sky, the withered leaves of fall, and we were blown and all alone we flew from sunlit day. Into the waste where stars are sown and planets have their way''|Nomad ballad}}
This is a short [[Space Opera]] book by [[Poul Anderson]] written as part of the Psychotechnic History (distinct from the perhaps better known [[Technic History]]) series. Humans are expanding from Earth and forming loosely connected colonies in the unknown. At the far frontiers, the Nomads, an itinerant
▲This is a short [[Space Opera]] book by [[Poul Anderson]] written as part of the Psychotechnic History(distinct from the perhaps better known [[Technic History]]) series. Humans are expanding from Earth and forming loosely connected colonies in the unknown. At the far frontiers, the Nomads, an itinerant<!-- should this be "iterate" or "itinerant"? --> race of human traders are meeting at the planet Rendezvous for the Captains council between the captains of each clan/ship. Joachim, captain of ''The Peregrine'' has news. A mysterious and potentially dangerous race has left signs that need to be discovered. He proposed to take his ship for the job. Meanwhile Trevelan, an agent of the Coordination Office or "cordies" from Earth is off to the frontier on the same mission.
Sean, a lonely Nomad whose wife has left him falls in love with a mysterious native named Ilaloa. It is agreed to allow him to take her along.
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When The Peregrine docks at a space port, Trevelan ostentatiously pretends to snoop around in the hopes of deliberately causing suspicion until Joachim orders him abducted [[He Knows Too Much|as a precaution]]. By this roundabout means he gets aboard The Peregrine and gains time to convince Joachim to ally with him. They follow up leads until they get to the planet of the Alori a native race devoted to their love of nature and fearful of technological society to the point of xenophobia. They are held captive with the hope that they will assimilate. Instead the Nomads revolt, recapture their ship and head home. In the meantime Trevelan has fallen in love with and married a Nomad woman and decides to resign from his job and stay with the Nomads.
First published as ''Star Ways'' in 1956, and later republished as ''[[The Peregrine
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