Description: As a child Lawrence Newton wanted nothing more than to fly starships and explore the galaxy. But on the colony world of Amenthi in the 24th Century the age of human star flight was drawing to a close... So, like many other teenage rebels, he runs away. Twenty years later, he's the sergeant of a washed-out platoon taking part in the bungled invasion of another world. The giant corporations who own the remaining starships euphemistically call such campaigns "asset realisation". In practice, it's simple piracy. But while he's on the ground being attacked by disturbingly effective resistance forces, Lawrence hears stories about the Temple of the Fallen Dragon–the holy place of a sect devoted to the worship of a mythical creature. Its priests are said to guard treasure large enough to buy lifelong happiness for any man, prompting him to mount an enterprise of his own...
