Apparently a servant of the Geisha Bank, a powerful money center, she in fact rules the bank through the remotely operated body of her now brain-dead predecessor. There he meets Kitsune, a woman modified by the Shapers to be an ideal prostitute. This lunar colony, which collapsed due to an environmental crisis, has become a refuge for 'sundogs', criminals, dissidents and wanderers. Constantine attempts to kill Lindsay but instead kills a Mechanist, creating a scandal.Ĭonstantine is allowed to remain in the Republic because his knowledge is needed to keep the Republic's environment from self-destructing, but Lindsay is exiled to the Mare Tranquilitatis Circumlunar People's Zaibatsu. Kelland and Lindsay agree to kill themselves as a political statement, but Lindsay reneges on his suicide pact after Kelland is dead.

The three of them influence the younger generation towards the Shapers' cause in their pursuit of Preservationism, a movement devoted to the preservation of Earth-bound human culture. He, his best friend and fellow Shaper protégé Philip Constantine, and the beautiful and passionate Preservationist Vera Kelland lead an insurgency against the rulers of the republic, who use Mechanist technology to prolong their lives. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and, if you'd like, a charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund.The main character, Abelard Lindsay, is born in the ancient lunar colony Mare Serenitatis Circumlunar Corporate Republic, into a family of aristocratic Mechanists, but after being sent to the Shaper's Ring Council, he receives specialized and experimental diplomatic training and gives his loyalty to the Shapers' cause. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here. These books are available in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase. All together, these books would cost over $199. Explore other worlds from Buzz Aldrin, Octavia E. With this bundle of science fiction titles from Open Road Media, the whole universe is at your fingertips. To read will be an awfully big adventure. 'The Humble Book Bundle: Adventures in Science Fiction presented by Open Road Media

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