Chapter 3They walked the long avenue leading into the city of Perth on the garbage planet Corolla Tertius in the constellation Coronis Australis. On either side of the avenue stood slatted fences, little obscuring what lay beyond them. Mountains of junk soared in haphazard profusion, eclipsing any sight of the horizon. The gray, sultry sky seemed inadequate to contain the voluminous discard, the detritus of a hundred thousand occupied worlds.
Corolla Tertius had been Jack's first stop after stowing away on the garbage scow from Alpha Tuscana when he was twelve years old. Undeniably, the garbage planet held a comforting familiarity for him.
The mountains of refuse on either side of the avenue appeared to be moving. Upon closer inspection, the refuse itself wasn't actually moving, but hord
