Los Planetoides de Kabarga

Catalog Note: *Los Planetoides de Kabarga* A.Thorkent's science fiction novel follows Alan Gaynord, a machinery salesman dispatched to sector 1234MM to sell mining equipment. At the massive spaceport Intergal V, Gaynord encounters Jeremías Cosme, a boisterous real estate dealer bound for Earth. Cosme ingratiates himself through persistent conversation and charm, repeatedly using Gaynord's credit card for drinks and transportation while recounting conquests with an Altean woman. The two navigate the automated terminal's moving walkways and platforms together before separating at boarding. Gaynord boards the stellar vessel Jult-8373640, finding his quarters in cabin 78-B but no luggage. The narrative captures the commerce and casual chaos of interstellar travel across a galactic civilization with mixed-species populations, focusing on Gaynord's disorientation amid advanced technology and Cosme's manipulative but apparently oblivious exploitation.