Clan Corporate, The (Book 3 Of The Merchant Princes)

Description: In The Family Trade and The Hidden Family, Miriam got in touch with her roots. Now those roots have begun to strangle her. A young business journalist from Boston, Miriam discovered that her family comes from a parallel timeline, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is way too much like the Mafia for her comfort. She's tried hard to remain her own woman, even going so far to start a profitable (and legitimate) business in a third timeline she has discovered, outside the family reach. There have been murders and betrayals. Now, however, she may be overreaching -- if she gets caught, death or worse is around the bend. For instance, there's the brain-damaged son of the local king who needs a wife ...But they'd never make her do that, would they? 'Stross gives us an escape fantasy that is most seductive, indeed' Salon 'The Clan Corporate offers more proof, if any were needed, why Charles Stross has become universally acknowledged as one of science fiction's major new talents' Mike Resnick Review: ""The Clan Corporate" offers more proof, if any were needed, why Charles Stross has become universally acknowledged as one of science fiction's major new talents."--Mike Resnick
"Stross and his feisty heroine are currently about the best practitioner and heroine the old motif boasts, and many are and will be the readers hoping for more than the three volumes they've given us so far." --"Booklist"
"Stross is a cunning writer." -"Locus" on "The Clan Corporate"
"Charles Stross's Family Trade series continues strong with "The Clan Corporate,"" --"Analog" "Stross continues to mix high and low tech in amusing and surprising ways. . . .[he] weaves a tale worthy of Robert Ludlum or Dan Brown." -"Publishers Weekly" on "The Hidden Family"
"It's simply a great adventure, full of danger, of plots within plots, of forbidden love and political murder."--Orson Scott Card on "The Family Trade" Author Biography: Charles Stross, born in Leeds, writes full-time in Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two cats. His writing has been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards multiple times (and even won a Hugo once): the Merchant Princes series won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2007.