Del was a rock singer. He was also the renegade son of the
Ruby Dynasty, which made his career choice less than
respectable, and gave him more to worry about than getting
gigs and not getting cheated by recording companies, club
owners, or his agent.
For one thing, the Ruby Dynasty ruled
the Skolian Imperialate, an interstellar Empire, which had
recently had a war with another empire, the Eubian Concord.
For another, Del was singing on Earth, which was part of a
third interstellar civilization, and one which had an uneasy
relationship with the Imperialate. Del undeniably had
talent, and was rapidly rising from an unknown fringe artist
to stardom.
But, with his life entangled in the politics of
three interstellar civilizations, whether he wanted that or
not, talent might not be enough. And that factor might have
much more effect than his music on the lives of trillions of
people on the thousands of inhabited worlds across the
galaxy.
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