There's tons of characters and a great many of them get stage time. Heinlein, eat your heart out."įirst off, expect nothing less than a huge story of dynastic families struggling for control of the moon. Hell, this would be even better than GoT, and not only because it's SF instead of F! It's full of glitz, sex, the weight of history, capitalism, and tradition, not to mention all the sprinkling of assassinations and attempted assassinations to liven the party. (Or Showtime.) This could be done Brilliantly as a well-funded high-quality production. Ian worked in television development for sixteen years, but is glad to be back to writing fulltime.Īll right! What an ending! I won't spoil it, but it's one hell of a satisfying ride.Īs I read it, I kept saying to myself, "Damn! This was MADE for HBO. His most recent publications are Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, books one and two of the Everness series for younger readers (though older readers will find them a ball of fun, as well).
Dick Award), River of Gods, The Dervish House (both of which won British Science Fiction Association Awards), the graphic novel Kling Klang Klatch, and many more. Other works include King of Morning, Queen of Day (winner of the Philip K. His first novel, Desolation Road, was published in 1988. He debuted in 1982 with the short story “The Island of the Dead” in the short-lived British magazine Extro. Lewis’s childhood home but has since moved to central Belfast, where he now lives, exploring interests like cats, contemplative religion, bonsai, bicycles, and comic-book collecting. He used to live in a house built in the back garden of C. He moved with his family to Northern Ireland in 1965. Ian Neil McDonald was born in 1960 in Manchester, England, to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation-Corta Helio-confronted by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.Īs the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status.
On the Moon, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. Maybe it will kill you when you are trapped between the reigning corporations-the Five Dragons-in a foolish gamble against a futuristic feudal society. Maybe it will kill you when the per diem for your allotted food, water, and air runs out, just before you hit paydirt. The scions of a falling house must navigate a world of corporate warfare to maintain their family's status in the Moon's vicious political atmosphere
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