Book 4

CLOVIS CLUSTER - Book 4 available on Amazon September 2023

Having broken through the fleet blockading Heart they make plans in route to Clovis the regional judicial center where there is a Space Navy Base. How can they best accomplish all their goals while at the same time turning a profit. The MS technology allows plans to go forward to separate the crew to better execute their plan. Shortly after they arrive they report the blockade and transfer gold silver and platinum to the care of the Federation High Court to make what they hope will be the final payment for Heart. Word soon gets out that this is the ship that left Raynard and the local branches of the Raynard conglomerate, plus NJB, the company that is blockading Heart start actions against them. Only the fact that he is a planetary Ambassador and the Alliance if the official Heart embassy and has been recognized as such by the Federation Navy saves the ship from immediate impoundment. While they are tied up by legal wrangling (in part generated by the companies controlling Raynard) they become the darling of the networks and the local Federation Naval commander investigates their reports of a blockade of Heart. The naval ship sent to Heart helps capture several of the blockading ships and gathers evidence about the company paying for the blockade. A ship sent to Raynard collects evidence on the Conglomerate. Court action against the Alliance by the Conglomerate becomes very serious until, using a law left over from frontier days the legal challenge is nullified and damages are assessed. Shortly after Olan is attacked by hired assassins, then the Heart case is won and damages assessed against the blockading company on evidence supplied by the Navy. When they are finally free to leave they travel to Earth to see if they can collect damages awarded to them and help pass a law that would free planets such as Raynard from the yoke of Company domination. They find a plague in process and are able to take advantage of it economically. After they leave Earth and return to Heart they receive an unofficial summon to appear and show cause on Earth. The alternative is to go to Raynard free it from the Company