The Family Trade – Charles Stross

General Information
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Title: The Family Trade
Author: Charles Stross
Read By: Kate Reading
Copyright: 2004
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Series Name: The Merchant Princes
Position in Series: 01

File Information
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Number of MP3s: 16
Total Duration: 11:46:32
Total MP3 Size: 324.01
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3

Book Description
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Publisher’s Summary

Miriam Beckstein is happy in her life as a successful reporter. When
she gets iron-clad evidence of a money-laundering scheme, Miriam thinks
she’s found the story of the year. But when she takes it to her editor,
she’s fired on the spot and gets a death threat from the criminals she’s
uncovered. Before the day is over, she’s received a locket left by the
mother she never knew – the mother who was murdered when she was an
infant. The knotwork pattern within has a hypnotic effect on her. Before
she knows it, she’s transported herself to a parallel Earth, a world
where knights on horseback chase their prey with automatic weapons and
where her true family is in charge.

The six families of the Clan rule the kingdom of Gruinmarkt from behind
the scenes, a mixture of nobility and criminal conspirators whose exclusive
inherited power to walk between the worlds makes them rich in both.
Her unexpected return will supercede the claims of other clan members
to her mother’s fortune and power, and whoever killed her mother will
be happy to see her dead, too. But Miriam is no one’s pawn, and is determined
to conquer her new home on her own terms.

Blending the creativity and humor of Roger Zelazny, the adventure of
H. Beam Piper and Philip Jose Farmer, Charles Stross has set a new standard
for fantasy epics.

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