Nectar of Heaven
Author: | E. C. Tubb |
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Arrow, 1985 DAW Books, 1981 |
Series: | Dumarest: Book 24 |
1. The Winds of Gath |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The planet had two unique elements. One was that it produced the galaxy's most desirable hallucinatory drug. The other was that it was a stock broker's paradise.
The world was split into rich men's holdings - and every hour, every minute these were being traded on a continuous stock-market. Up and down went values as men conspired to seize others' properties, to push prices down and costs up. Their money game controlled everything else - the common people, workers, farmers, homes, lives, poverty and luxury...
Earl Dumarest went there to find his next stake. Find the drug-gem or manipulate the market - two possibilities. But behind the scenes stood the advisors of the inhuman Cyclan, determined to fix the odds against Dumarest...
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