Steal from the World (short story)

Steal from the World was the second story in the Bernice Summerfield anthology The Dead Men Diaries. It was written by Kate Orman.

Summary
Twenty-some years ago, brash young archaeologist Bernice Summerfield went to uninhabited Capella Four in search of the discovery that would make her career. But when she fell off a cliff and broke both legs, the opportunity of a lifetime turned into a desperate struggle to survive... one she had, realistically, no chance of winning.

Now Benny is back, older and (hopefully) wiser. Is what she had hoped to find still there? Can she solve the riddle of her survival?

Characters

 * Bernice Summerfield
 * Joseph
 * The figure

Continuity

 * Bernice recalls her Capella Four experience in PROSE: Beyond the Sun.
 * She also tells the story in PROSE:Parasite, though she calls the planet "Auriga".
 * Bernice has visited Hitchemus. (PROSE: The Year of Intelligent Tigers)