Alien Bounty — William C. Dietz

McCADE'S AN INTERSTELLAR BOUNTY HUNTER -- AND THIS TIME HIS QUEST IS THE HOLIEST RELIC IN THE GALAXY...

For years only the thinnest barrier kept the II Ronnian Empire from launching full-scale war on mankind. Now that barrier is about to crumble: Space pirates have raided an Il Ronn planet and made off with the Vial of Tears -- a holy relic with cosmic religious powers.

Only one man can hunt down the sacred relic -- bounty hunter supreme Sam McCade. McCade has his own reasons to answer the call to duty. He has a personal score to settle with the pirates. And he intends to brave his way through the grueling tests of the IL Ronn warrior-priest and claim his alien bounty...