The martian way. Isolationists on Earth were cutting off supplies to the colonies, and there was no earthly way the Spacers could survive without water. But young Ted Long had an idea--a real long shot...Youth. Red and Slim figured they'd joing the circus with the two small, strange animals they'd found. They didn't realize that their fathers were waiting anxiously for alien emissaries, now overdue...The deep. Roi's mission was vital to the very survival of his alien species. But to succeed, he must face an ordeal his race considered obscene--mothering...Sucker bait. The planet Troas seemed a paraidse, but is was a killer. The Confederation sent a team of scientists--and a strange teenager with a perfect memory--to unravel the planet's mystery before it could kill again...