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Once Vince had secured the ship, he joined Wolff, Jean, and the rest on
the flying carpet. It didn't give under his considerable weight and felt
stable. More like a flying cloud than a flying carpet, he thought.
At some invisible command, it rose and wafted away over the city. Though
there was no fairing or windshield, the humans felt only a vague stirring of
air-despite the fact that the carpet was traveling quite rapidly.
They looked down on a city busy with commerce and trade. As Veidt and
Sarna had explained it, Glike was similar to the old-time Hong Kong. It was a
place of enforced truce, immune to the military conflicts that had raged
around it.
As the others gazed, enraptured, at the soaring beauty and exquisite
elegance of Glike, Sarna went over to Max. "You look tired, Maximilian. You
must rest. Won't you be seated?"
He looked around as she gestured with a nod of her head, and saw that
the carpet's surface had bunched up to make a kind of lounge chair just his
size. He had no idea how she had done that.
Heaven knew he was exhausted, but all he could think of was Miriya; he
refused to leave her side. Max gestured toward Veidt and the other Haydonites,
now deep in conversation with Cabell, no doubt discussing medical procedures.
"That guy-what's his name, Vowad? Why's he so angry at Veidt?"
 Sarna looked at them. "Vowad believes, as many do, that we can coexist
with the Invid indefinitely. That any concession we make, any appeasement, is
worth it. You already know how my husband and I feel. When Veidt insisted on
making his opinions known, the Invid managed to kidnap us both."
Max felt sudden misgiving. "But-the Invid can't attack you here, isn't
that what you told us? The planet's defenses would react."
Sarna inclined her head, a strange gesture from one who had no eyes and
only contours where a face should be. "Indeed. But there are other ways to
bring pressure to bear-the threat of a blockade, or strikes against our
trading partners and customers. And, the Invid have attained great influence
over some of our folk-with economic leverage and other things."
She moved closer, spoke more quietly. "Vowad is perhaps the single most
powerful Haydonite, and I think that it was with his cooperation that Tesla
kidnapped Veidt and me. We must be wary of him."
As if he had heard, Vowad turned toward Sarna and called out, "Come,
give us your opinion of Cabell's proposed treatment regimen. Surely, my
daughter has much to say? You always did when you were younger."
"Yes, Father," Sarna said, and floated back to the group, to leave Max
slack-jawed with surprise.

Lieutenant Isle was no Rick Hunter or Max Sterling, but he handled the
Alpha with cool deftness, making the most of its brute power and amazing
performance, as the hounds gave chase.
Ghost Riders flying patrol between SDF-3 and Tirol, hampered by the fact
that Minmei was aboard the quarry, found themselves at a profound
disadvantage. Minmei's rescuer fired warning bursts that didn't miss by much,
making it plain that he was at no great pains to spare anybody who pressed him
too hard.
The sentries yielded, but as the armored Alpha plunged for Tiresia more
bogeys appeared on the screens, scrambled from SDF-3. Minmei could hear Isle's