Laurence Manning Libros

Set aboard the Goddard, Captain "Steel-Wall" McCausland harbors a secret vision for a revitalized Earth while navigating the complexities of space. Reuter, a scientist, is entangled with dangerous experiments that threaten their mission, and Air Mate Longworth confronts a hidden terror that endangers countless lives. The story intertwines themes of ambition, betrayal, and the struggle for survival in the vastness of space.

The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres. But Shevek's work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres's sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.