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Because of the deadly effect sphere, the only way into or out of the system containing the metal-rich Ring Mines of Solitaire is by performing a human sacrifice. Now every ship heading there carries two death-row felons. It's a bizarre, but effective method of execution--until... Read Full Overview

Death-row inmates are used for a lethal mining operation--but one is innocent--in this science fiction novel by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Only the recently dead can helm the "deadman switch" to pilot a ship through the Cloud, a mysterious solar entity... Read Full Overview

Death-row inmates are used for a lethal mining operation--but one is innocent--in this science fiction novel by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Only the recently dead can helm the "deadman switch" to pilot a ship through the Cloud, a mysterious solar entity... Read Full Overview