Join forces with a swashbuckling duo of inter-galactic space rogues struggling to save the future and history of civilization.

When Earth becomes over populated, humans are forced to seek out other planets for inhabitance. However, because of the years-long delay in communication between Earth and its spaceships, the Long Range Foundation are now looking into the unmastered art of telepathy to replace electronic equipment. Identical twins Tom and Pat are capable of telepathy, but enlisting in the project would mean one would have to stay behind, while the other explores the...

The story takes place far in the future, when the human race has spread out to colonize other planets. In a slave market in the capital of Jubbul an auctioneer announces, "Lot ninety-seven. A boy." Thorby--the boy--soon discovers that Baslim, his owner, is not ordinary beggar he appears to be. Master of languages and a superb teacher, Baslim leads a mysterious life. The undercover existence brings Thorby to an adventure on the starship Sisu, and finally...