Torn from a life he barely remembers, young Thorby is thrown to the slave markets, pitiful but still defiant. But the galaxy has other plans for Thorby, as a seeming-beggar sees the tiger within the child and buys Thorby for a pittance. Thorby is raised a fighter and given the tools to succeed, for it turns out his benefactor is no beggar—he’s an agent working undercover against the galactic slave trade. But as political thugs close in on his adopted father, Thorby must escape to the stars on a desperate quest to find his origins and to discover and what he might become. It’s adventure undreamed of—but adventure for which his gritty upbringing have prepared Thorby well. And lying beyond the road to the stars? A destiny that may change the course of galactic civilization forever!
