The settlers have integrated well into life on Wrake: the adults sustainably farm the valuable diamondwood, and the children play with the native animals. Their way of life seems near perfect until an off-world businessman visits with an offer he thinks they can't refuse.
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Placement
- The Hub
- contained in Analog: The Best of Science Fictionanthology
- contained in A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hubcollection
- contained in Nebula Award Stories 1965anthology
- contained in The Best of James H. Schmitzcollection
- contained in The Honorverse Diskomnibus
- contained in The Hub: Dangerous Territorycollection
- contained in The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990anthology
- contained in The Wind Rider's Oath Diskomnibus