To Keep the Ship

Synopsis

<b>From the back cover of the DAW first edition:</b> "Although this was a low point in the ever-changing space career of the legendary John Grimes, it was not without its surprising moments. Between jobs, between loyalties, Grimes was owner and pilot of a small auxiliary vessel whose principal oddity was that it was made of gold. But precious metal or not, Grimes was running errands in it. <p>Until he fell into the clutches of terrorists. Susie and her comrades had a Cause and it was going to take all of his efforts to keep the one thing he had to have - his ship. <p>Especially since they left the ship infested with a constantly increasing horde of mini-Susies - vicious little homunculi that looked exactly like their sexy prototype except that they where hungry, sharp-toothed, and their only Cause was to eat Grimes alive!"