"I guessed. Yes, I know. I've been waiting a long time to hear you say this. And I'd go with you, Carston, but how is it possible now? My life's forfeit, you yourself said so!"
Now Carston was very sure of himself. "No, my dear," he said softly, trying to filter the triumph from his voice. "Your life's not forfeit if you help prevent the c*****e and destruction that Aladdian's mad dream will bring about. She doesn't know, she can't know the awful power of Earth's fleet. Luhor's vaunted super-cruisers will be so many leaves scattered in the void. This allotropic metal on which his hope of invincibility is based, can be neutralized and destroyed!"
"But how? What can we do?" Cynthia's voice held a note of despair, as her hand unconsciously went out to his.
"We can give Earth the location o
