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BronHoddanHe knew what was good for him, but not what was bad.

Net/do She may have been sweet, but she wasn't nice.

ThaiHis stupidity had a purpose тАФ self-interest.

DonLor;s
This sneaky character stopped creeping when he met a bigger sneak.

Lady Fan!
No one could afford to ignore her, except the man she loved.

Derec
Because he was Bron's best friend, he had to betray him.
THE PIRATES OF ZAN




by
Murray Leinster




ACE BOOKS, INC. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y.
THE PIRATES OF ZAN
Copyright ┬й, 1959, by Ace Books, Inc. All Rights Reserved
 THE MUTANT WEAPON

Copyright ┬й, 1959, by Ace Books, Inc.


Printed in U.S.A.
CHAPTER I

it had not been impulsive action when Bron Hoddan had started for the planet Walden by stowing away on a police
ship that had come to his native planet to hang all his rela-tives. He'd planned it long before. Getting to Walden had
been his long-cherished dream. As it had turned out, his relatives had not been hanged. This they had avoided with
their usual technique of acting aggrieved and innocent. They had given proof that they were simple people leading
blame-less lives. They had made their would-be executioners feel ashamed and apologetic. And, as soon as the
strangers had left, Bron knew that these "simple, blameless" folk had returned to their normal way of life, which was
piracy.
Bron's stow-away ride had only taken him partway to Walden. It had taken him a long time to earn the rest of his
passage, since he had to travel from one solar system to another. But he had held to his idea. Walden was the most
civilized planet in that part of the galaxy. On Walden Bron had intended, (a) to achieve splendid things as an