When a junior astrogator reported the presence of a new sun, he (species equivalent) little knew what he was going to let loose on the galaxy. Soon First of the Council of Supreme was investigating reports of a person who should have been dead but was apparently flitting about the galaxy at will, and a planet that had been threatened with destruction by being turned into a star. What do these things have in common? Jan Darzek, and his faithful sidekick Miss Schlupe, found himself running round Vezpro trying to find someone who could prove that the observed phenomena could have, indeed, happened. Along the way we have pops at established scientific theory and other vested interests, including a pointed comment on the treatment of 'the other' in contemporary society along with Biggle's customary dry humour. ( )