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3	''The Zero Stone'' and its sequel ''Uncharted Stars'' are ScienceFiction novels by Creator/AndreNorton, about Murdoc Jern and the title MineralMacGuffin.
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8	* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: The Diving Lokworm in ''Uncharted Stars''.
9	* AFriendInNeed: Eet saves the Patrolman as well as Jern.
10	* AirVentPassageway: ''Uncharted Stars''. While on the pirate space station Waystar, Murdoc Jern's companion Eet enters the station's air ducts to do some snooping.
11	* AllNaturalGemPolish: The ship landing turns up crystals.
12	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jern on the Free Trader ship.
13	* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Eet throws two minds together and it's unpleasant for both.
14	* BloodFromTheMouth: How Jern knows Vondar died.
15	* CasualInterstellarTravel: Jern moves about freely. Even when he's a wanted man in ''Uncharted Stars'', Eet helps him locate a pilot off the records who can be paid in cash.
16	* ColdBloodedTorture: How Jern's father was murdered.
17	* CommonalityConnection: Eet and Jern.
18	* ContrivedCoincidence: The captain of the Guild ship knows Jern.
19	* CorruptChurch: The Green Robes not only practice HumanSacrifice, but influence the "random" selection.
20	* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: When he reaches sanctuary.
21	* DreamingTheTruth: That the Free Traders are hostile.
22	* DueToTheDead: Eet and Jern discuss it.
23	* EscapePod: Used for several purposes.
24	* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Downplayed. Jern's father thinks that no illegal connections will help him progress, and hence apprentices him to a man who, unlike him, has none.
25	* ExactWords: Eet ensures Jern's promise is exactly carried out.
26	* FTLTravelSickness: In ''Uncharted Stars'', when a starship begins a hyper jump, passengers who are properly prepared and bedded down only feel a sickening twist. If not so prepared, they suffer serious physical trauma, including unconsciousness, bleeding in the mouth and intense pain throughout their bodies.
27	* HeirClubForMen: His father never tried to teach his daughter.
28	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Eet tricks a Guild member into shooting the ceiling and bringing down rock on himself.
29	* HumanSacrifice: The Green Robes pick out victims at random.
30	* HungryJungle: The planet he escapes to on the EscapePod.
31	* IntrepidMerchant: Vondar; Jern was his apprentice.
32	* InMediasRes: Jern is fleeing Vondar's killers and HumanSacrifice.
33	* LotteryOfDoom: The selection for HumanSacrifice.
34	* MentorOccupationalHazard: Vondar dies shortly before the opening, violently.
35	* MineralMacGuffin: The Zero Stone.
36	* MysteriousPast: Jern's father's.
37	* TheNoseKnows: The natives on the planet hunt mostly by smell.
38	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Jern feigns that fever affected his mind.
39	* ObliviousAdoption: Until his father's death, he never knew this.
40	* ParentalFavoritism: Jern's family was split.
41	* ThePlague: Scares off the Free Traders.
42	* ThePromise: Jern strikes a deal with Hory.
43	* PsychicPowers: Eet has many.
44	* RansackedRoom: When his father died.
45	* {{Revenge}}: The prospect of Jern seeking this does not trouble the Free Traders who get him away; it's nothing to them.
46	* RockBeatsLaser: The Guild men are wary, even though they have lasers and the natives spears.
47	* SecretTest: ''Uncharted Stars''. When Murdoc Jern infiltrates the criminal hideout Waystar by pretending to be his father Hywel Jern, a Waystar Veep puts him through a number of tests. With Eet's telepathy to inform him, Murdoc passes with flying colors.
48	* SeekingSanctuary: How Jern escaped.
49	* SpeciesSurname: Eet -- name or species?
50	* ThickerThanWater: His mother justifies her favoritism thus.
51	* ThievesGuild: Jern's father worked for one.
52	* TrulySingleParent: The ship's cat.
53	* TheUnfavorite: His siblings for their father; him for their mother.

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