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MEET TELZEY AMBERDON - SHE'S NOBODY'S TOY

Telzey Amberdon was only in her teens when she discovered that she was a telepath. Not only a telepath, but a xenotelepath, able to communicate mentally not just with humans, but with alien intelligences. And she turned out to be one of the most powerful telepaths in the history of the galactic civilization called the Hub.

First she had to deal with an alien race that humans hadn't realized were intelligent, and who were about to eliminate those troublesome humans who thought they were colonizing an uninhabited world. Then, she had to fend off the secret psi agents of the Psychological Corps who took a dim view of any telepath, let alone one with Telzey's powers, operating outside of their control. Next, she stumbled across a telepathic serial killer, who used an unstoppable predator, under his mental control, to hunt and kill his victims-and Telzey was to be the catch of the day.

It was fortunate for the human race that she survived, since she next found herself in the middle of a secret war between two hidden races of genetically engineered humans. They called it the "Lion Game," and they made the mistake of thinking that in this clash of predators, Telzey was just a harmless kitten. But when the dust settled, Telzey would be the only one purring....

Table of Contents:

• Novice - (1962) - novelette
• Undercurrents - (1964) - novella
• Poltergeist - (1971) - short story
• Goblin Night - (1965) - novelette
• Sleep No More - (1965) - short story
• The Lion Game - (1971) - novella
• Blood of Nalakia - (1953) - novelette
• The Star Hyacinths - (1961) - novelette
• Afterword - essay by Eric Flint
• The Federation of the Hub: An Overview - essay by Guy Gordon

THEY'RE DYNAMITE

Telzey Amberdon is one of the most powerful xenotelepaths in the known galaxy. Trigger Argee is a crack shot, with reflexes that make lightning look lethargic, and also a top agent of the galaxy's Federation of the Hub. Separately, they have been making life miserable for human criminals, unfriendly aliens, and nefarious members of all species. But when a danger to the entire Hub civilization brought these two together, the galaxy would never be the same!

Table of Contents:

• Company Planet - (1971) - novelette
• Resident Witch - (1970) - novelette
• The Pork Chop Tree - (1965) - short story
• Compulsion - (1970) - novelette
• Glory Day - (1971) - novelette
• Child of the Gods - (1972) - novelette
• Ti's Toys - (1971) - novella
• The Symbiotes - (1972) - novelette
• Afterword - essay by Eric Flint
• That Certain Something - essay by Guy Gordon

IF BUREAUCRACIES HAD STARSHIPS

Con games Corrupt governors. Deadly rivalries between departments of the same government. And, of course, the long arm of the Mob. Even in our future among the stars, some things never change-except that the governors run (and ruin) planets, the rivalries are fought with spacecraft and energy bolts, and the mobsters smuggle real illegal aliens and make their getaways with subspace portals. It's all just another day in that bastion of galactic peace and democracy, the Federation of the Hub

-and somebody has to clean up this mess!

Join secret agent Trigger Argee, scout adventurer Heslet Quillan and Holati Tate, master of intrigue, as they battle the criminal element on its own interstellar turf... and make the future a little safer for the rest of us.

Table of Contents:

• Harvest Time - (1958) - novelette
• Lion Loose - (1961) - novella
• Aura of Immortality - (1974) - short story
• Forget It - (1965) - novelette
• Legacy - (1962) - novel
• Sour Note on Palayata - (1956) - novelette
• Afterword - essay by Eric Flint
• The Psychology Service: Immune System of the Hub - essay by Guy Gordon

THE HUB IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE - BUT SO ARE ITS CITIZENS.

The Federation of the Hub: thousands of rough, ornery and tough-minded human worlds with only the subtlest of interstellar governments holding them all together. Stable at last after centuries of war, the Hub is now prime real estate ... making it a merciless arena for the conflicting schemes of criminals, unscrupulous corporations, and invaders from beyond the edges of Federation space.

But the Hub is well-defended, and not only by professional heroes such as Telzey Amberdon and Trigger Argee. In Hub Space a citizen is expected to stand up for herself, blaster in hand, as needs must; so when Trouble comes Hubward in large doses, there are an awful lot of armed citizens waiting for it....

Table of Contents:

• The Searcher - (1966) - novella
• Grandpa - (1955) - novelette
• Balanced Ecology - (1965) - short story
• A Nice Day for Screaming - (1965) - short story
• The Winds of Time - (1962) - novelette
• The Machmen - (1964) - short story
• The Other Likeness - (1962) - short story
• Attitudes - (1969) - novelette
• Trouble Tide - (1965) - novelette
• The Demon Breed - (1968) - novel
• Afterword - essay by Eric Flint
• Recurring Characters in the Hub Series - essay by Guy Gordon