Chapter 14

“Just to win a beauty’s smile, an Outer Rim warlord spares no expense—skipping the easy options and traveling all the way to Ryloth to recruit workers for Bespin’s factories… Industrialization in ten years, modernization in fifty—turning Ryloth into the jewel of the Outer Rim!”

“…Ryloth’s son-in-law. Whoever makes an enemy of Ryloth makes an enemy of Max Vizsla. A friendly warning to certain criminal elements: turn back before it’s too late—and don’t say you weren’t warned…”

“That’s fine,” Max said into the comm. “Have a Holonet News Network entertainment reporter handle it—or hire a romance novelist to punch it up. The moment our recruitment fair kicks off, push it live. I want it as the entertainment front-page headline.”