Jonny's eyes searched out a ground-view display, watched the tiny image of Jame just disappearing into the entrypoint building. "I'm ready any time," he told the captain quietly. "Let's go home."

Copyright © 1985 by Timothy Zahn

Cover art by Vincent DiFate

ISBN: 0-671-65560-4

The chapters "Veteran" and "Loyalist" appeared in slightly different form in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, © 1981 and 1983 by Timothy Zahn.