Retread Shop - Questar Author:T. Jackson King THIEF: Retread Shop -- an alien-controlled galactic bazaar of unimaginable wealth, rigid caste systems, and ancient cutthroat rivalries. Young Billy McGuire, its only human, was unwanted, scorned and forced to steal for his living. But now he has a patron, a mysterious alien trader and a new ambition: to become the Shop's first human merchant no... more » matter what the odds ...
APPRENTICE: From the Shop's shadowy ruling Council to treasure planet Silsilaa, he battles prejudice and betrayal. On trading expeditions into the heart of space, he hones his wheeler-dealer skills?in the face of death.
MERCHANT:? He's on his way up ... until a long buried alien secret erupts, hurling Billy on a collision course with his enemies and threatening humans, aliens, and the very existence of Retread Shop itself.« less