The year is 2152. What started as a normal work day for BJ Armstrong quickly turned to the adventure of a lifetime. Join him on an all-expenses-paid 30-day cruise through the solar system (complete with a beauty pageant and scientific symposium).
I have very nice collection of classic fiction books in my library. Michael opens this tell as well as The Chronicles of Amber or The Sword Trilogy. It's good to see a strong female character like Friday, or the heroines of the Pern series again. I can't wait to add this one to my collection and passing it on to my daughters.
Things developed a bit differently for the United States after discovery of the Jackalope empire, but not for the better. The US is east of the Mississippi, the jackalopes have the Great Plains, and the Spanish California Republic has the west coast and most of the Rockies.