Chapter 22 Summary

Thorby, Leda and Aunt Lizzie travel to Yukon, leaving and going elsewhere when signaled. During this time, Thorby has a nightmare about persecution and whippings for the first time since he was a child on Jubbul.

In San Francisco, Thorby and Leda stage a public quarrel, after which they part ways, with Leda going to Nice with Aunt Lizzie, and Thorby to Australia.

Thorby returns to Rudbek estate for the first hearing. He and Garsch easily accomplish their first victory—having his parents declared dead. Garsch warns Thorby that there are still major challenges ahead.

After winning a second legal battle and acquiring the right to vote his parents stock, Thorby calls a stockholders' meeting for electing officers. Thorby controls 45% of the voting shares, and needs to pick up an additional 6% of the vote in order to have himself elected chairman of...