Science Fiction
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note | | | | This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact--Science | | Fiction April 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any | | evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was |...
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note | | | | This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact--Science | | Fiction April 1962. E...
2. Chapter 2There were fourteen of them. They all wore ankle-length gowns, and they all had shaven heads. The one in the lead carried a staff and wore a pale green gown; he was apparently a...
3. Chapter 3"No, Lord Nikkolon. The Galaxy is not big enough for any competition of sovereignty. There must be one and only one completely sovereign power. The Terran Federation was once su...
4. Chapter 4At least, it had seemed simple when he started. Labor was a commodity, which the worker sold and the employer purchased; a "fair wage" was one which enabled both to operate at a...
5. Chapter 5Occasionally, he did warn young Erskyll of the dangers of overwork and emotional over-involvement. Each time, the Proconsul would pour out some tale of bickering and rivalry amo...
6. Chapter 6They were together again in the big conference-room, which Vann Shatrak had been using, through the day, as an extemporised Battle-Control. They slumped wearily in chairs; they...