Starbrat

Stranger in the 27th Century...

For sixteen years, Del Whitby lived quietly among the pious farmers of the planet Gilead, in a society bypassed by 27th century progress.

Then, on his sixteenth birthday, he was kidnapped by a band of Daltrescan slave traders, and sold to a gladiatorial school on Tarquin VII.

After a series of excrutiatingly close encounters, Del proves his prowess in the arena, and is awarded his freedom, and a spaceship.

He now begins the perilous voyage home to distant Gilead, a trek which will take him to the outermost reaches of the galaxies and back.

"Del manages to stay in hot water all the time, keeping a busy story going for readers looking for action." (Publishers Weekly)