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Tilt
Who is Hannes Bannerman?
Fifteen centuries in the future, mankind has expanded into The Reach, a crazy quilt of two hundred worlds with different cultures and philosophies. Hannes Bannerman, once a transient laborer and now Boss of an asteroid-mining cooperative, is faced with bankruptcy and revolution. He travels to the resort-world Spang, a gangster-run melange of casinos, brothels, and Roman-style arena games, ostensibly to win a fortune, but in reality to engage in a quixotic bid to overthrow Spang's ruler.
Also present on Spang are two figures from his his old lover Doctor Angela R, and his worst enemy Deimos Mandrakôs, Angela's long-time companion and now Spang's Chief of Security. Bannerman sets his plan in motion and, with Angela's reluctant help, stays one step ahead of Mandrakôs—at least for a while.
His gamble is keenly watched by the shadowy financial empire behind Spang. Where did he get his skills as a fighter, strategist, and leader? What is his connection with Angela and Mandrakôs? How can he expect to triumph single-handedly over the forces lined up against him?
The answers lie decades earlier, in a revolution on the oppressed factory world Steel, and could transform The Reach…or perhaps just save a life.
[TILT is also available from Amazon as a two-volume paperback.]
Fifteen centuries in the future, mankind has expanded into The Reach, a crazy quilt of two hundred worlds with different cultures and philosophies. Hannes Bannerman, once a transient laborer and now Boss of an asteroid-mining cooperative, is faced with bankruptcy and revolution. He travels to the resort-world Spang, a gangster-run melange of casinos, brothels, and Roman-style arena games, ostensibly to win a fortune, but in reality to engage in a quixotic bid to overthrow Spang's ruler.
Also present on Spang are two figures from his his old lover Doctor Angela R, and his worst enemy Deimos Mandrakôs, Angela's long-time companion and now Spang's Chief of Security. Bannerman sets his plan in motion and, with Angela's reluctant help, stays one step ahead of Mandrakôs—at least for a while.
His gamble is keenly watched by the shadowy financial empire behind Spang. Where did he get his skills as a fighter, strategist, and leader? What is his connection with Angela and Mandrakôs? How can he expect to triumph single-handedly over the forces lined up against him?
The answers lie decades earlier, in a revolution on the oppressed factory world Steel, and could transform The Reach…or perhaps just save a life.
[TILT is also available from Amazon as a two-volume paperback.]
915 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2020
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Bill Adams
8 books5 followersAuthor of The Unwound Way, The End of Fame, Tilt, and Dead Sirius. Short stories originally published in the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines have now been collected on Kindle.
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