In the Fifth Millennium, a young tourist visiting the small planet of Nublis is about to be tried for murder by its mysterious chief judge or archon. Always masked, the Nublian archon is blindfolded whenever he presides over the court and, except for the evidence presented, he knows nothing about the circumstances of any case before him. The accused is unconcerned because he knows his powerful father Augustus Veniston, who is the Interplanetary Synod's Chief Justice, is on his way to rescue him. But the prisoner's lofty connections mean nothing to the Archon. Damon Veniston's fate sets off a cataclysmic chain reaction, the consequences of which threaten the safety of the Emporer Julian and the entire royal family, and all of Nublis itself.
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In the Fifth Millennium, a young tourist visiting the small planet of Nublis is about to be tried for murder by its mysterious chief judge or archon. Always masked, the Nublian archon is blindfolded whenever he presides over the court and, except for the evidence presented, he knows nothing about the circumstances of any case before him. The accused is unconcerned because he knows his powerful father Augustus Veniston, who is the Interplanetary Synod's Chief Justice, is on his way to rescue him. But the prisoner's lofty connections mean nothing to the Archon. Damon Veniston's fate sets off a cataclysmic chain reaction, the consequences of which threaten the safety of the Emporer Julian and the entire royal family, and all of Nublis itself.