CHAPTER I Stranger from the Stars Carlin was the only one of the four hundred passengers on the "Larkoom" who hated the star-ship and everything about it. He was bored with the vessel and everyone aboard. A pack of chattering idiots! For the hundredth time since leaving Canopus, he told himself that he was a monumental fool to let that psychotherapist talk him into this crazy trip. A blond girl from Altair Four came tripping along the deck and favored Laird Carlin with the bright smile that all