Needed by Dumarest; information on the whereabouts of the planet earth. On the world Toy was the giant computer that might have the information. But the information would be costly. Dumarest would have to take part in the toy games. Fight like a tin soldier in a giant nursery. Yet there was nothing childish about being a plaything on Toy. The pain was real enough, so were the wounds and blood, and death.

Genre: Mystery