Del Rey / Ballantine, 1977. paperback original. This is the third book (in chronological events) in the "Pip & Flinx" series. Other books in the series include: For Love of Mother-Not (1983); The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972); Orphan Star (1977); The End of the Matter (1977); Flinx in Flux (1988); Mid-Flinx (1995); Reunion (2001); Flinx's Folly (2003); Sliding Scales (2004); Running from the Deity (2005); Bloodhype (1973); Trouble Magnet (2006); Patrimony (2007); Flinx Transcendent (2009).