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Deadman Switch by Timothy Zahn
Paperback, Very Good condition, non-smoking household
Genre: Science Fiction
BLOOD OFFERING — Solitaire: a unique ring of heavy-metal moons. For decades after its discovery an unexplained "effect sphere" kept all hpyerships away from a metal-hungry galazy's most tantalizing prize. Until a research ship penetrated the Cloud entirely by accident - when the man at the helm died of a heart attack just before entering the sphere. For the first time a hypership's drive did not fail as it approached Solitaire. For the researchers the difficult part came when it was time to leave.
Now every ship heading for the King Mines carries two death-row felons - one for entry. the other for exit.
It's a bizarre, but effective method of execution--until it's discovered that one of the condemned criminals is an innocent man.
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