Lawrence Dobbs and Timothy Muldoon Colonial Marines and thorough rascals arethe last of a dying breed of adventurers in a Federation that has tamed dozensof wil... » 

Lawrence Dobbs and Timothy Muldoon Colonial Marines and thorough rascals arethe last of a dying breed of adventurers in a Federation that has tamed dozensof wild planets and is increasingly becoming civilized. When an old astronautoffers to sell them a map that will take them to a legendary planet promisingrivers of gold Dobbs and Muldoon recruit a crew of misfits for one last greatadventure. They soon realize they havent just discovered gold but the verysecret of alchemy. To keep it they just have to fight millions of hostilenatives a team of elite bounty hunters a combatassassin android named Bovaand the emperor of a dead civilization. «