"'We think Bury was behind the rebellion, but there's not enough evidence to put in preventative detention. . . All right we'll send him to Sparta to make his appeal. . . But who do I send him with, Blaine? He's worth millions. More. How many men would turn down a whole planet for a bribe?" Chap. 1, p. 11

"Now he bought and sold men who laughed at him, as he bought votes in Parliament, bought ships, and had almost bought this planet of New Chicago." Chap. 2, p. 14

"Visibly, Whitbred wondered if the Captain had been reading his mind, then decided that it was the Captain's prerogative." Chap. 5, p. 40

"The creature was stretched out on a laboratory table. The scale beside it showed that it was small, 1.24 meters from top of head to what Rod at first thought were shoes and then decided were it's feet. There were no toes, although a ridge...