Synopsis: From the back cover of the Crest second printing: The time: tomorrow... when ...space travel is as simple as suburban commuting ...robots do everything from washing dishes to waging wars ...do-it-yourself surgery kits are as common as band-aids ...giant electronic brains mastermind all human activity The place: space - where the cold, dark islands of abandoned planets drift in a fabulous universe flooded with blazing energy, the dust of old suns and the heat of smoldering new stars. Space - the promise of new life to a crowded earth - the new frontier - the hope of tomorrow!