This mildly interesting short story is used as a hook to get you to read the follow-on sample from "The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising." Both the short story and the sample are well written and somewhat engaging but that's about it.

It's too short. The story was great until it ended. I'm not saying the ending was bad. It's just that the story ended too abruptly. Keep writing Hamilton you are good at what you do.