Book III of Petaybee. Petaybee was about to become a recognised and independent planet. Colonel Yana Maddock, now married to Sean Shongili, was bidden to the meeting on Gal Three to give testimony and discuss the future of the miracle ice world where every human, animal and planet lived in harmony with the entity that was Petaybee itself. But their arch-enemy, Matthew Luzon who had been humiliated and almost destroyed when Petaybee took revenge on him had not yet given up his plans for the unusual world. He was determined to destroy its chances of autonomy. And so Petaybee was swamped with hunters eager to kill the wildlife, merchants and scientists ready to strip the and and religious malcontents wanting to talk to the planet. And then Yana - pregnant with her first child - was kidnapped by the infamous pirate Onidi Louchard - and her ransom was to be the world of Petaybee. Cover art by Peter Elson.