'Keep the stars free.' That's the motto of the Galactic Security Service. Using vast ships and the massive weight of Federation diplomacy, it sweeps the star-ways to hold inter-stellar conflict in check. Most of the time.The Federation fleet is big enough for most missions. But for some it's too big, like when a dictator's throat needs cutting. Or a spy is lost in a prison colony on Golot 4.Dirty Jobs.Violent jobs.Lonely jobs.That's when they send for Simon Rack.Cover by Bruce Pennington.