Sargasso of Space - Solar Queen #1 Author:Andre Norton For sale to the highest bidder: One planet known as Limbo!
Wiser and richer space traders turned down this cosmic pig-in-a-poke, but the crew of the Solar Queen couldn't afford anything more secure. And their trip to Limbo to see what they had got proved that the newly discovered distant world lived up to its ominous name in every way!