Deadman Switch
by Timothy Zahn
2020-04-19 08:41:13
Death-row inmates are used for a lethal mining operationâbut one is innocentâin this science fiction novel by a #1 New York Timesâbestselling author. Only the recently dead can helm the âdeadman switchâ to pilot a ship throug...
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Death-row inmates are used for a lethal mining operationâbut one is innocentâin this science fiction novel by a #1 New York Timesâbestselling author. Only the recently dead can helm the âdeadman switchâ to pilot a ship through the Cloud, a mysterious solar entity that shields the Solitaire solar system and its valuable heavy metals. Two convicted murderers are routinely sacrificed for this taskâone to enter the system, one to exit. Gilead Raca Benedar is a Watcher, employed by the wealthy head of an intergalactic mining company as a human lie detector of sorts. When Benedar is sent to Solitaire, with its metal-rich moons, to assist with the acquisition of its valuable mining rights, he and the crew are able to make it to Solitaire safely, and all goes well. That is, until Benedarâs Watcher powers show him that the second convict they are traveling withâthe one meant to helm the deadman switch on their return journeyâis innocent.
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