Jack Holloway lives the solitary life of a sunstone prospector in a wilderness on planet Zarathustra. The Zarathustra Corporation retained ownership of the planet through a charter with the Colonial Government exploiting resources without interference, until Holloway appears his sidekicks the Fuzzies. Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of Paratime alternate history tales.