From Library Journal
Sheriff John Bigthorn's job of keeping the peace on "Clarke County," Earth's first orbiting space colony, seems simple enough--until a frantic young woman fleeing her gangster boyfriend seeks refuge there, bringing with her a secret that holds the key to the colony's destruction or liberation. The author of Orbital Decay (Ace, 1989) combines satire with suspense in this fast-paced adventure that belongs in most sf collections.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description
The citizens of mankind's first orbiting space colony want independence--at any cost.

"The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade."--John Varley

"[Allen Steele]...successfully strides the turf that was once the exclusive domain of the legendary Robert A. Heinlein."--Locus

Allen Steele is a two-time Hugo Award winner and nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award

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The citizens of mankind's first orbiting space colony want independence--at any cost.

"The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade."--John Varley

"[Allen Steele]...successfully strides the turf that was once the exclusive domain of the legendary Robert A. Heinlein."--Locus

￯﾿ﾽ Allen Steele is a two-time Hugo Award winner and nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal