Stealing lives and peddling them from one end of the galaxy to another for unspeakable uses, the Mythmaster thought he was a free man. The Patrol that had cashiered him couldn't catch him now. He was making his own life, alone.

Then a supposedly dead man decided he wanted a piece of the action - and the Mythmaster's body - and the chase was on. Between the Patrol and the sinister Oxon Kaedler he knew his freedom was a mirage. Now he was fighting for his very life!