In the midst of his happiness, there was a thread of regret. It seemed a shame, after having survived and even profited from a partnership with Boba Fett-how many other creatures could say the same?-for him to turn his back on all that. Plus, there had been a certain excitement to all that had happened, from the moment when he first stumbled upon an almost lifeless Boba Fett, lying on the hot sands of Tatooine’s Dune Sea.
Maybe, thought Dengar, I could still keep my hand in. Just a little. His business enterprise with Manaroo might not be immediately successful; it might require a fresh infusion of credit now and then. Right at the beginning…
He’d have to think about that some more. But for the moment, Dengar wrapped his arms around his betrothed. He turned his face away from hers and looked out the cockpit’s viewport at all the stars cascading in stately progression to the galaxy’s edge.
Everything…
The stars were so bright, even as he closed his eyes and held his betrothed closer to himself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
K. W. Jeter is one of the most respected sf writers working today. His first novel, Dr. Adder, was described by Philip K. Dick as “a stunning novel … it destroys once and for all your conception of the limitations of science fiction.” The Edge of Human resolves many discrepancies between the movie Blade Runner and the novel upon which it was based, Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Jeter’s other books have been described as having a “brain-burning intensity” (The Village Voice), as being “hard-edged and believable” (Locus) and “a joy from first word to last” (San Francisco Chronicle). He is the author of more than twenty novels, including Farewell Horizontal and Wolf Flow. His latest novel, NOIR, was described by the New York Times as “the science fiction equivalent of The Name of the Rose.”