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Name: Bitter Angels

Author: C. L. Anderson
Year: 2009
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Winner of the Philip K. Dick award for Best original paperback in 2009.

An Imploding Star System.
A Murdered Galactic Spy.
A Woman Seeking the Truth-and Finding the Unbelievable...

The Erasmus System is a sprawling realm of slavery, smugglers, spies-and constant, creeping decrepitude. Here everyone who is not part of the ruling Four Families is a slave of one kind or another. But the Guardians, a special-forces branch inside the United World Government for Earth, have deemed Erasmus a "hot spot." Somehow, it is believed, this failing colony intends to launch a war upon the solar system.

Ex-Field Commander Terese Drajeske, now a mother of three, has been called back to active duty and sent to Erasmus, ostensibly to investigate the murder of her colleague-and friend-Bianca Fayette. At first blush, the death defies explanation: Bianca was immortal. But beneath that single murder lies a twisted foundation of deceptions. Suddenly Terese is plunged into a vortex of shattered lives, endemic deceit, and one dreadful secret. In this society without hope, someone has put into motion a plan that will cast humanity into chaos. And Terese, who has given up her family and her sanity to prevent war, may be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice....
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