Chapter 11 – Avelith
Calael Avisherin guided his ship, called Star Queen, gently towards the planet Avelith. The vessel was a sporty civilian craft, the sort of small but luxurious two-seater that rich fathers often gave their teenage daughters. Star Queen had been sold in a bankruptcy auction and purchased by a used ship dealer on Homestead. Calael, flush with money from the jobs he did for Rifle Intelligence, had offered a generous price. Now the ship was his.
The Paragon Hierarchy was in complete control of Avelith and the space around it, but that didn't mean there wasn't a way in. A civilian vessel of Paragon design and manufacture should be able to avoid rousing the suspicion of the blockaders, or so Calael had concluded back on Homestead. Star Queen gave him that chance. Assuming
