Summary
The Prescot family were miners. At one time, they were contracted to develop technology for a mineral rich but uninhabitable system. Gradually, all the investors shied away. Then the Prescots broke through with the technology needed to exploit entire planets, and incidentally develop domed playgrounds for the perversely rich, including indoor ski slopes and cable cars over megavolcanos, casinos and rides. This created the economic problem of being the richest people in the universe, having mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781439133835 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1439133832 |
| Author: | Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Imprint: | Baen Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 590g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 157mm x 241mm |
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Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Michael Z. Williamson was born in Birkenhead, England and raised in Liverpool, and Toronto, Canada, before moving to Columbus, Ohio. An 18-year veteran of the US Army and US Air Force, he is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle and combat pistol. His other books include Freehold, The Weapon, Better to Beg Forgiveness …, and Contact with Chaos (all from Baen), the Target Terror series for Harper-Collins, so far including Targets of Opportunity and The Scope of Justice, and Hero, a collaboration with New York Times best-selling author John Ringo for Baen. He currently lives in Indianapolis with his wife Gail, their two children, and various cats that are not to be trusted.
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