Juggler of Worlds: 200 Years Before the Discovery of the Ringworld

For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the fate of worlds.nbsp; Now Sigmund is pulling the strings...nbsp;Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies, real and potential - and imaginary - of foes both human and alien.nbsp; Who better than a brilliant paranoid to expose the devious plots of others?nbsp;He may finally have met his match in Nessus, representative of the secretive Puppeteers, the elder race who wield vastly superior technologies.nbsp; Nessus schemes in the shadows with Earth's traitors and adversaries, even after the race he represents abruptly vanishes from Known Space.nbsp;As a paranoid, Sigmund had always known things would end horribly for him.nbsp; Only the when, where, how, why, and by whom of it all had eluded him.nbsp; That fog has begun to lift...nbsp;But even Sigmund has never imagined how far his investigations will take him - or that his destiny is entwined with the fates of worlds.