Citizen of the Galaxy

New York: Del Rey Books - An Imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, 1984. First Ballantine Ediion Stated . Mass Market. Very Good. 253 Pages. This is a First Ballantine Books Edition July 1978 Seventh Printing July 1984. Slave: Brought to Sargon in chains as a child -- unwanted by all save a one-legged beggar -- Thorby learned well the wiles of the street people and the mysterious ways of his crippled master. Outlaw: Hunted by the police for some unknown treasonous acts committed by his beloved owner, Thorby risked his life to deliver a dead man's message and found himself both guest and prisoner aboard an alien spaceship. Citizen: Unaware of his role in an ongoing intrigue, Thorby became one of the freest of the free citizens in the entire galaxy as the adopted son of a noble space captain, until he became a captive in an interstellar prison that offered everything but the hope of escape!