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The Captain
The Captain
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The year is 2127. Three corporations control the world, leaving governments struggling to survive. Echo Strand is fed up with her job at TransCom Transportation Parts and joins up with the United States Space Agency. On the way home from a routine freight haul to Mars, she discovers a shocking secret about her captain.

In the
meantime, the world economy is on the verge of collapse, with a war between the U.S. government and the corporations not far behind. But the failing economy and the corporate war are the least of Captain Dana Stewarts problems. Her
enemies are less visible and more dangerous.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateOct 16, 2002
ISBN9780595800537
The Captain
Author

Anita Lorene Smith

Anita Lorene Smith holds bachelor's degrees in history and professional writing. Among her interests are aviation history, metaphysics, music, and reading and writing science fiction. Anita lives in Seattle, Washington. This is her second novel.

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