| Tabitha
                                                              Jute was in
                                                              trouble on Mars
                                                               It was Carnival
                                                              time and everyone
                                                              was partying
                                                              except her. 
                                                              Up against the
                                                              law, penniless and
                                                              about to lose her
                                                              livelihood and
                                                              best friend, the
                                                              space barge Alice
                                                              Liddell -
                                                              Tabitha needed
                                                              some luck. 
                                                              Fast. 
                                                              Then along came
                                                              the intriguing
                                                              gloveman Marco
                                                              Metz.  He
                                                              needed a lift to
                                                              Plenty to rejoin
                                                              his bizarre
                                                              cabaret troupe -
                                                              and he would pay. 
                                                              Tabitha knew
                                                              Plenty was dodgy
                                                              place since its
                                                              creators had been
                                                              exterminated by
                                                              the Capellans, the
                                                              masters of the
                                                              Terran
                                                              system.  But
                                                              she didn't have
                                                              any choice. 
                                                              What should
                                                              have been a simple
                                                              five-hour journey
                                                              and some quick
                                                              cash turned into a
                                                              chaotic chase from
                                                              the orbital Tangle
                                                              into the depths of
                                                              hyperspace, with
                                                              the cops on her
                                                              tail. 
                                                              And that was
                                                              only the start of
                                                              her problems ...  |