Chapter 29

"Your next stop. The planetoid of the captive sun. That little hunk of bare rock out there is the first spot the Lhari visited in this galaxy--even before Mentor. It's an inferno of light from that little blue-white sun, so of course they love it--it's just like home to them. When they found that the inner planets of Antares were inhabited, they built their spaceport here, so they'd have a better chance at trade." Montano scowled fiercely. "But they wanted that little worldlet. So we went all over it to be sure the…