Summary:

Minor Terran bureaucrat, Hobart Floyt, has been left a mysterious
inheritance by the ruler of an empire located many light-years away.
Earth's government is broke and its functionaries want Floyt to
collect the money. To make sure he succeeds, they blackmail a brash
young spacer named Alacrity Fitzhugh into shepherding him on a
dangerous interstellar quest.

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Dewey Class: 813 -- Fiction

Book Details:

Physical Description: 5.9"x8.9"x0.9"; 1.0 lb; 304 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2011-12-02

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