Exileand Glory
By (Author) Jerry Pournelle
Baen Books
Baen Books
8th May 2008
United States
General
Fiction
813.54
368
Width 156mm, Height 235mm, Spine 30mm
560g
Earth was stagnating from a lack of resources, from corrupt governments that stayed in power by keeping their people in ignorance and poverty, and by the established power structures that stifled the creative technologies that could solve the planets problems. But the governments and power structures didnt yet control space, where bold new techniques could freely be applied and the vast resources of the solar system could be utilized by such courageous men and women as:
* Aneas MacKenziehe had believed in the man he had helped to reach the office of the presidency of the United States, and had tirelessly rooted out corruption wherever he found it, until the trail led straight back to the White House. After that, no place on Earth was safe for him.
* Laurie Jo Hansenshe controlled a multi-national corporation more powerful than many governments. Unlike those governments, she wanted to see Earths problems solved and reaching the high frontier was the only way to do that.
* Kevin Senecalhe had made the mistake of fighting back against a juvenile gang, and accidentally killing one of them while escaping. Both the gang and the law were after him, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide.
* Ellen MacMillana young employee of the Hansen Corporation who fascinated Kevin, she was on a secret mission, and the biggest secret was her real name.
Two complete novelsHigh Justice and Exiles to Gloryin one volume by a New York Times best-selling author, telling of an Earth sinking into a morass of corruption, red tape, and failure of nerve, while a dedicated few dare to reach for the stars
Jerry Pournelle is a reigning master of military science fiction, widely known for his novels of John Christian Falkenberg and his legion of interstellar mercenaries. His other novels include Janissaries, Exiles to Glory, High Justice, King Davids Spaceship and Starswarm. With Larry Niven, he has collaborated on a string of New York Times best-selling novels, including Lucifers Hammer, The Mote in Gods Eye, Footfall, and many more. He and his wife live in Los Angeles.