Chapter 18It took him four days, even with the aid of Anti-Alc and some Vitamin B-Complex shots. During that period, he kept in seclusion, not even seeing Alicia. And during the four days, something that Eric Hansen had said to him came back, and with it some of the things Thor Bjornsen had said. When he had got to the point where his hands no longer trembled, he cleaned himself up thoroughly, ate a good breakfast, dressed carefully, then went into his study. He sat down at the desk and looked into the library booster screen. He dialled the Interplanetary Data Banks and then Information. A sharp-looking young man’s face faded in and Don said, “Run off all the video-tapes that were taken of the battle between the Kradens and the four Earth fleets, fifty years ago.” The young man widened

