Jack Holloway lives the solitary life of a sunstone prospector in a wilderness on planet Zarathustra. The Zarathustra Corporation retained ownership of the planet through a charter with the Colonial Government exploiting resources without interference, until Holloway appears his sidekicks the Fuzzies.Henry Beam Piper was an American science fiction author best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of Paratime alternate history tales.