Publisher's Synopsis
They all wanted the relic. The Interstellar Union of Civilized Peoples wanted a weapon out of legend, one that could crush planets and smash suns, to give it the control over the planets of men it so grandly claimed. The Orion colonies wanted to keep the relic out of the hands of the Stellar Union. The Society of Truth wanted to separate truth from legend, as was its mission; knowledge that might save the universe was merely a bonus. Acey Transit was as interested in winning a hand of solitaire as he was in searching the middle of nowhere for a rock that wasn
