Trying to find his feet in this bewildering world, Winton discovers thatthough interstellar space flight and war with aliens has become a daily realityScience Fiction is still being written and read. He reasons that his best way of making a living would be as a Science Fiction writer. But this turns out to be yet another blunder, placing him under grave suspicion by the formidable WBI (World Bureau of Investigation) and another narrow brush with being summarily shot as a spy.