This is the story of the Cortas, a successful almost mafia-like family whose matriarch Adriana has established a name for herself on the moon by selling helium-3. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies… and each other. 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. Opening line: In a white room on the edge of the Sinus Medii sit six naked teenagers. This trilogy starter was actually really good, but it didn’t exactly change my mind on the subgenre and its pros and cons. I have nothing against hard sci-fi but I am a character reader and characters tend to draw the short straw in many hard sci-fi novels. Here we have another book that, although I was interested, I probably wouldn’t have picked up if the trilogy weren’t nominated for a Best Series Hugo Award this year.
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