He chuckled. "Hardly. Jumbo still has a long way to go, and getting there won't be easy. For one thing, all these star weapons and star men are causing a lot of hate and discontent among the wizards, mages, sages, and all the rest of those charlatans. If we're lucky, though, we'll be gone before that problem comes to a head."
Her eyes lit. "Then we'll be leaving soon?
He nodded. "Almost certainly. I don't know where we'll be going, though. At least we won't be broke anymore. Tonio and King Rajo have been scouring the north end of the inhabited belt for metals, furs, and handicrafts to fill Tor-Jen's Din-class. They're buying our entire stock of weapons. "
She frowned. "Okay, so we'll have a ship full of exquisite furs and beautiful handicrafts. What are we going to do, sell them and split the money?" Her face abruptly lit with a wide grin. "Well, except for the rainbow cat furs, of course. I'll be buying every one of those I can afford!"
Cale's answering grin was wide. "Well . . . " he said, "You might want to talk to Zant about that. He has plans for Colonies, Inc."
"No!" Dee said firmly. "Whatever he wants to do, the answer is 'no', at least until I get a long vacation on a civilized world, with supermalls and spas. Especially spas. A long vacation!
"Besides," she continued in a more reasonable tone. "Colonies Inc. is gone. Defunct. We spent every credit it had and declared it bankrupt, didn't we?"
Cale shrugged. "Well, actually, we just shut down operations. We've still got Explorer and Colonizer, not to mention a Din-class. Zant's already studying the Stellar Index, trying to find our next headquarters."
Dee started to cloud up. "Uh," Cale said hurriedly, "I guess he could do that and try to find some new customers while we take a long, luxury vacation."
Abruptly she grinned. She ruffled his hair. "See? You're not untrainable. My next project is to get you to go on the paper."
Want more?
For the exciting tale of how John Smith escaped pirates, became Cale Rankin, bought a junkyard, Met Tess, Dee and Zant, and how they won a war and saved a planet, pick up The Privateer.
And to learn more about Val Kedron, Sander Cord, and the birth of the Alliance, check out The Emperor's Conspiracy.
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About the Author…
I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where I achieved nothing notable. I joined the U. S. Navy, and for the next twenty years was largely successful in tricking the Navy into thinking that I wasn't really a lazy slob. During this time, I met and married a wonderful woman. We had a beautiful daughter together.
After retiring from the Navy, I attended the University of Arkansas. I received a BSBA in Human Resources Management, to my utter surprise (and that of some of my professors!).
My wife passed away in 2008, and I had the incredible luck to meet another amazing woman. We married in December 2010. I seem to be attracted to low-paying government jobs, and upon graduation, I became employed by the State of Arkansas as an Employment Interviewer and Employment Services Supervisor. There, I completed another 20-year career. Since then my life has been devoted to writing and convincing my new wife she didn't really marry a lazy bum.
I retired in March of 2011, and we retired to the Philippines. Yep, I actually Ran Off To An Exotic South Seas Island With A Beautiful Native Girl! How many people actually get to live a cliché?
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