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HE NEVER WANTED TO BE A REBELThe Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation, control its political power and its wealth, and they''ve grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it''s very good for business, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy''s ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces the weapons and matériel the war consumes so voraciously . . . and they''ve made damn sure someone else does the dying.True, there are a few flies in the Five Hundred''s ointment.There''s the growing hatred and resentment of the Fringe Worlds, whose children do eighty percent of the dying in the Five Hundred''s war. But the Five Hundred have made sure the Fringe knows what will happen to any system that goes out of compliance.There are the lunatic conspiracy nuts who insist that the alien Rishathan Sphere is secretly aiding the League''s m

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    Publisher: Baen Books
    Publication Date: 9/16/2024
    ISBN13: 9781982193607, 978-1982193607
    ISBN10: 1982193603

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

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    HE NEVER WANTED TO BE A REBELThe Five Hundred, the elite families who rule the Terran Federation, control its political power and its wealth, and they''ve grown steadily wealthier and more powerful, thanks to the war against the Terran League. War may be hard on the people who get caught in its path, but it''s very good for business, and the Five Hundred own the shipyards that build the Navy''s ships. They own virtually all the industry that produces the weapons and matériel the war consumes so voraciously . . . and they''ve made damn sure someone else does the dying.True, there are a few flies in the Five Hundred''s ointment.There''s the growing hatred and resentment of the Fringe Worlds, whose children do eighty percent of the dying in the Five Hundred''s war. But the Five Hundred have made sure the Fringe knows what will happen to any system that goes out of compliance.There are the lunatic conspiracy nuts who insist that the alien Rishathan Sphere is secretly aiding the League''s m

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