Kirjahaku

A young man travels through space to The Line to trade for gold with aliens. But things go awry. He takes a desperate girl under his wing, and eventually they are forced to cross The Line into the aliens' territory, normally a fatal action, where he is requested to represent the aliens in their negotiations with humans.

A continuation of the book "The Line". John and Gwen had made a comfortable life for themselves in the city of Sevilla on the planet Arieta. But it did not last long. They were discovered, pursued, and had to resort to summoning the Waps for rescue. Back through space at The Line they settled down again, but it was not to last. The Erch, the foes of the Waps, attacked human space. John was asked by his friends, the Waps, to go back to space as a liaison with the humans, as their warships tried to prevent the Erch take over human space. The Erch had got as far as Arieta, on which they had landed, but several space battles later the combined Human-Waps fleet had prevented the Erch penetrating further. Then John landed on Arieta, and inspired the population to resist. Now a hero, John was asked to go to Earth to recommence his role as adviser to the Waps in their negotiations with the humans, and was reunited, to his surprise, with Gwen and the kids. But Rick had not forgotten them