The unfinished sci-fi masterpiece by the author of Stranger in a Strange LandтАФcompleted by the Hugo AwardтАУwinning author of The Stardance Trilogy.
Joel Johnston has found the love of his life in Jinny Hamilton. Life would be perfect if only he earned enough money to support a family. But now that Jinny knows his love is true, she reveals an incredible secret: she is really Jinny Conrad, granddaughter of Richard Conrad, the wealthiest man in the solar system. And now that Joel proven his love for Jinny, her family has a plan for him.
Joel is to be groomed for a place in the vast Conrad empire and sire a dynasty to carry on the family business. Most men would jump at the opportunity. But to JinnyтАЩs surprise, and even his own, Joel turns down her generous offer and sets off on the mother of all benders.
When he wakes up on a colony ship heading into space, he decides itтАЩs time to forget Jinny and make a life among the stars. But his plansтАФand the plans of billions of othersтАФare shattered by a cosmic cataclysm so devastating it will take all of humanityтАЩs strength and ingenuity just to survive.
When an outline for Variable Star was found among Robert A. HeinleinтАЩs papers, Spider Robinson was commissioned to complete the novel. The result is a thrilling new work of science fiction from two of the genreтАЩs greatest minds.
Sciencefiction en fantasy