In this action packed 6th book in the
series, Justin manages to convert a war missile to a space delivery
vehicle, in order to sell his anti-gravity units to advanced
civilizations.
The successful space mission
results in Justin being offered the title of Duke of Moxon, by the
King. However, Justin waits until he's offered the title of Duke of
Averon.
Moxon is a relatively impoverished area of southern
Averon that become Justin's assignment. They grow cotton in Moxon.
However, Justin knows of a 'royal cotton,' grown in the South
Continent. Justin and some volunteers from 'The Institute for Cotton
Research' then fly down to the South Continent to grab some royal
cotton. They get the cotton, but Justin has to be abandoned in a jungle
full of hostile natives.
J
ustin outruns the natives and, in the process, finds what
appears to be two star gates. He also finds a Glyon sigil. The find
reinforces the idea that an ancient high mountain civilization was at
least alien ruled. He then works on his duties as King and also works on
developing sword skills, using the sword he obtained from the temple in
the jungle.
Then, trouble erupts in Zaya. A pretender to the throne
of Zaya wants a war. Justin easily defeats the pretender's army, but
then has to face a sword fight with the pretender. Having won the
military battle, Justin is faced with finding work for the conquered.
He manages to get some low level advanced civilization technology to
solve the problems.
A former Arquellian battlewagon, patrolling the space
around Corin then intercepts a shipload of refugees from Ruanth in a
stolen space vehicle. Justin and Norva Lemni then aid the refugees. In
the process,Justin 'acquires' a patrol boat from the space vehicle. He
also becomes a pilot and learns a bit about interstellar travel.
Justin then gets some staff from the King of Averon, so
that he can manage his affairs as the Duke of Averon. In return,Justin
is asked to solve the problem of a march of impoverished people from
Zaya into Averon. He solves the problem and then needs to find jobs for
the Zayans. Justin then sets up sales of Zayan products in Averon. In
the process he meets some Averonean film stars.
The refugees from Ruanth are now pursued by a legendary
demon. Justin fights the demon in an epic sword battle. At the end of
the sword battle the body of the demon is retrieved by a mysterious
being. Justin for the first time glimpses what just might be a demi-god.
He still has business affairs to tend to, but the future looks bright
and he still has his second chance!
