[4] The first two latterday sequels were named the year's best novel by New Zealand science fiction fans (Sir Julius Vogel Award).

[5] The Beast Master tells of Hosteen Storm, a Navajo[2] and former soldier who has empathic and telepathic connections with a group of genetically altered animals.

Storm still harbors wrath at his former enemies, the Xik, and has sworn revenge on a man named Quade for his father's murder.

[6] Kirkus Reviews concluded that the "fantasy is made convincing by the author's boldness of imagination and by his ability to yield totally to the atmosphere which he creates".

In Norton's sequel Lord of Thunder (1962), Hosteen Storm discovers and resolves a problem with stakes on a world scale.