When a spaceliner carrying hundreds of super-rich passengers is destroyed, the search for survivors begins, and Halderson tracks a lifeboat to a little-known planet. When he lands to see if anyone made it out alive, he finds things that just don't make sense. Why would these people not want to be rescued from a planet where they're the only humans?
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Acknowledgements: Robert Silverberg for cause, support, and cooperation; Ken Seamon for graphics; Rodney Walters for books and info; Alvaro Zinos-Amaro for comments and content; and all the fellow fans who have sent encouragement, information, and translations.