Chapter 18 – A New Mission
Zack half-smiled. “I'm a member of the Free Space Party, and that means I try to consider the Party's interests. It means I weigh its strengths and weaknesses on every planet. It just so happens that there's a Free Space contingent in AmSec. No surprise, really—the Party has a presence everywhere, even if it's just a handful of people. It should be possible for those American Free Spacers to smuggle someone in or out. The Berlin Wall was a formidable barrier, but many people successfully defected nevertheless. There's no reason the same can't be done here.”
“I don't get it.” Dale scratched his chin. “What does defecting have to do with Nat Leland? If we go after him in AmSec, we'll need a lot of people—too many to sneak in or out. Right?”
“Wrong. We have an ar
