CHAPTER 15
The last vertical city on the Outer Rim was located at the bottom of a crater a few kiloarns wide, stretching downward two hundred levels through the barren cold crust of planet Aht. It was named Kyria-Aht, but to many it was simply known as “The Hole”.
Lot Kharmon had worked his way up from the bottom. He was portly, burly but not very tall. Through the scars that marked the dark skin of his face, one could trace his story. Former smuggler, former bounty hunter and, lastly, former hitman, he had climbed his way to the top, getting his hands dirty with mud and blood, dealing in death and cruelty. Now he was the boss, the top of the pyramid in the criminal organization that ruled over the entire city. It had been almost five years since Lot moved to the attic in the Hightower,
