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Earth barely survived the 21st century. To maintain order in the 22nd, the UN relocates undesirables through artificial wormholes onto colony planets. Everyone benefits...except the planets' original colonists. Now, the newly rediscovered colony of New Moravia learns the UN's plan and fights back. Stone Chalmers. Hybrid. Cover Hypnotically implanted and genetically engineered. Investigate death of operative Dragon. On New Moravia, Stone uncovers far more than an operative’s murder. He plunges into a race against the clock to defeat rebels seeking to kill UN heads of state - and tens of thousands of colonists. Rebels aided by a traitor within the UN’s ranks.
Author
Raymund Eich files patent applications, earned a Ph.D., won a national quiz bowl championship, writes science fiction, and affirms Robert Heinlein's dictum that specialization is for insects. In a typical day, he may talk with biochemists, electrical engineers, patent attorneys, and rocket scientists. Hundreds of papers cite his graduate research on the reactions of nitric oxide with heme proteins. His novels include the Stone Chalmers series of wormhole espionage adventures—THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND, THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD, TO ALL HIGH EMPRISE CONSECRATED, and IN PUBLIC CONVOCATION ASSEMBLED—the Confederated Worlds military science fiction series—TAKE THE SHILLING, OPERATION IAGO, and A BODYGUARD OF LIES—and evolutionary psychology hard science fiction novel NEW CALIFORNIA. He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter.
