About this ebook
In the distant future lies Station, an orbiting space station tethered by a cord to Earth, allowing people to use the space elevator to travel into low-orbit without rockets, allowing for unprecedented space exploration and tourism.
Envisioned as a secure and enjoyable place to work and visit, the cord is a valuable resource—one that people are willing to fight for to gain control.
Travel along with a robot repairman who uncovers a disturbing conspiracy, a teenaged girl who is caught up in a revolution, and a tour guide in space trying to reestablish a lost connection with his brother on Earth.
Beginning at the end and ending at the beginning, this unfolding story told over future locales and times reveals the enigma of the cord and the secrets between the fragile ties connecting lovers, friends, and the generations who traverse the cord.
About the author
Jim O’Loughlin lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he is the head of the Department of Languages & Literatures at the University of Northern Iowa. His creative and critical books include The Last Caucus in Iowa; Kurt Vonnegut Remembered; Dean Dean Dean Dean; and Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900, the last of which was co-authored with Julie Husband, with whom he also co-authored Nic, Devin and Ian.
