The mean streets of Star City - a hollowed out asteroid circling a failed star in the middle of nowhere - breed a special sort of man. With grifters, hoodlums, and two-bit con-men from every planet In human space trying to make the big score, it takes someone like Frank Sladek, P.I., sometime private detective, sometime finder of lost items, to navigate the maze of corruption and double-crosses that is Star City. As quick with his wit as with a needler or laser pistol, Sladek can handle anyone, except maybe the dames. These are just a few of the
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