Escape Velocity - Christopher Stasheff

Escape Velocity, according to Christopher Stasheff, is the speed at which one can leave the gravitational pull of their given world... which is increased proportionally by how badly the current government wants you dead! Dar Mandra is about to find out what life looks like at that speed, he just doesn't know it yet. Stasheff's portrayal of our future society left me feeling intrigued, a bit shocked, and not just a little disturbed. In this "prequel" of his Warlock in Spite of Himself series, we find mankind spread out amongst the stars, complacent in their general state of uncaring ignorance and comfortably opulent lives while our ailing ...