Publisher's Synopsis
The longest journeys begin with a single light year . . . Hammer's Slammer Don Slade is coming home to the planet Tethys, to his son and the woman he loves. But the space between is dark and cold. And the stars he must pass shine their light on planets which beckon to the weary traveller, planets which hold hidden dangers. And if Don Slade should ever reach Tethys, that's when the real fighting starts . . .