Derelict for Trade

Summary

The Solar Queen is in real trouble. After saving thousands of lives in a near disaster, the crew are heroes, and they are ready to cash in their newfound celebrity for some profitable trade. But when they come out of hyper and almost crash into a deserted ship, they nearly find themselves dead on arrival.

Luckily, the derelict has fuel enough to get both ships to the nearest port, an eerily beautiful space habitat. Three races, human, Kanddoyd, and Shver, share the facilities; but a fourth species—bureaucrats—nearly scuttles the Queen’s crew and their claim to the derelict.

What started out as a lucky stop at the habitat turns into a series of treacherous misadventures as an alien stowaway, a gang of intergalactic spacejackers, and an ultraviolent clan of aliens threaten to make this the Solar Queen’s final run.