"PACKED WITH INTRIGUE." -Washington Post Bookworld
Ben Pollard thinks he's traded the perils of the Belt for security on Earth - until he's shanghaied to the orbital Sol II battle station. There he's forced to help a man Ben never wanted to see again, Jinxed pilot Paul Dekker.
Now Dekker's the center of a lethal mystery, while military, political, and corporate rivals on two worlds conspire to use him and Pollard as lab animaIs in a war for humanity's soul. And to save themselves, Pollard and Dekker must master and wield the awesome power of Earth's most secret weapon...
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"Cherryh remains near the top of the field in both world-building and characterization.... In her gifted hands, Merchanter is becoming one of the best-built and most lived-in futures in science fiction." -Chicago Sun-Times
"Cherryh does to the future military establishment what she did to future corporations: gives a close and skeptical look at what it's like to be at the bottom of the pyramid." -Locus
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