Win Bear, Our Hero from ‘The Probability Broach’ is back, heading to the asteroid belt to solve a series of mysterious kidnappings and the (temporary) murder of a friend. Dodging murder attempts by a series of mind-controlled assassinatrices, Win must uncover two disparate conspiracies, the authors of at least one of which want him very dead.

We're a very cousiny people, Mary Harty told me. One must tread very lightly here: Everyone is kin to everyone else.

Control measures were also carried out against the 'Kutra' (Amsacta sp.), termites, ands, the paddy 'Gundy Bugs' (Leptocorisa varicornis), the 'Singhara Beetle' (Galerucella singhara), the 'Painted Bug' (Bagrada crusiferarum Kirk.), 'Red pumpkin beetle' (Aulacophora spp.) and the 'Cutworms' (Agrotis spp.).

I was stunned to realize just how many of these potentially dangerous plants were in my own home and garden, including aloe, elephant’s ear, jade, peace lily (Spathiphyllum), philodendron and dumbcane (Dieffenbacchia), as well as foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), hellebore, vinca, rhododendron and chrysanthemum.