Otto McGavin is peaceful and idealistic by nature, an Anglo-Buddhist, who seeks employment with the Confederaci n because he believes in it and its mission to protect the rights of humans and nonhumans. The only problem is that the Confederaci n needs him as a Prime Operator for its secret service, the TBII, and the TBII wants Otto as a spy, a thief and an assassin.It's not, of course, a problem f...