Written for all ages. The Men of Palla are six engineers from earth. During a business flight, these men find that they have been captured and sold as labor assets to an alien race known as the Ponas. Their year-long servitude on a rogue planet ends with the rescue by the beautiful inter trader Myra Song. Myra discovers these men, along with two other races, simply by chance. She weaves a deal to return the six men, but not without facing a few surprising entanglements. Each man will face an unusual and difficult return to earth society. With the help of another earth human, who happens to work offworld for his own mining interests, the men of Palla will face their biggest challenge. This is a story of adventure, hardship, and friendship. In the end, each man will find that freedom is never free.
