β Scribed by Andre Norton
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured and dispossessed loner is given a chance at a new lifeβbut it comes at a steep cost
Disfigured in the wars that destroyed his planet, Nik Kolherne lives a shadow existence in the sprawling refugee ghetto of the Dipple. He wears a mask to cover his scars and dreams about another country under an unfettered blue sky and a warm sun. But a chance encounter gives him the opportunity for a new faceβand a new life. All he has to do is impersonate a young boy's fantasy hero.
So what if Nik is now allied with the Thieves' Guild, a subversive outlaw group that seeks their prey on loosely held frontier worlds? A kid all alone in the world could use an ally. His mission is to lure Vandy Naudhin i'Akrama, the young son of a powerful warlord, from his high-security villa and deliver him to the Guild so they can access critical information locked in his brain. But when Nik and Vandy are shipped off to...
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