Runner

"In the distant future, humans have migrated to the far-flung stars, using portals between systems. Earth is only a myth - and the technological advances of centuries are also fading into distant memory. Even the whereabouts of the portals is no longer known, and travel between worlds depends on a fleet of run-down, unreliable ships." "Only the brave - or foolhardy - undertake such risky journeys. The brave, the foolhardy - and the runners: interstellar couriers who contract to take items of value from one system to another." "Jak Rebo is one such runner. His "package" is a small boy, destined to be a religious leader of his people. A simple job - except for the assassins who are after the boy. Added to that are the complications that occur when Jak gets involved with a very beautiful woman who holds the secret to the location of the long-lost portals - a secret that some would kill for." "With death waiting at every port, Jak soon realizes that this time he is running for his life."--BOOK JACKET.Dietz, William C. is the author of 'Runner', published 0015 under ISBN 9780441013265 and ISBN 0441013260.