Thousandstar (#4 Of The Cluster Series) (1980) - Plot & Excerpts
Heem reported the location and plight of the Squam, and received assurance that the creature would be salvaged. Then they moved across more lava-bridges and on up the mountain, following the trail. They came to the place where the cutoff could be made to the better trail. But the map had been deceptive: it was a steep bank. It would be possible for the tractor to slide down it, but the risk of disaster was great, and no travel in the opposite direction was possible. No one could cross to this path. 'I'm suspicious,' Jessica said. 'Why should they make it possible to get off this bad trail, but not to get on it?' "Because others might realize, late, the significance of the elevation. No one who has not selected this trail at the outset can achieve its benefit." Which meant there would be little competition here. There might be three tractors ahead of them, no more, and none coming from behind. But this could be deceptive, for the real competition could be on the four other paths. They climbed.
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