LaNague Federation · #2
Prometheus Award: Best Novel winner (1979).
Canny old Pete Paxton thinks there's a monstrous conspiracy brewing that threatens the LaNague Charter and the freedoms it guarantees for Federation planets. The only way to head it off is to enlist the aid of Josephine "Jo" Finch, the current CEO of Interstellar Business Advisors, a firm Pete co-founded with Jo's grandfather more than half-a-century before. Jo mistrusts Pete and suspects he may be responsible for the bizarre death of her father, but she is soon convinced that the old man's fears are more than justified. Jo and Pete are soon matching wits with one of the shrewdest, most devious politicos in the Federation, threatened by a ruthless psi-talent whose victims face a fate far worse than mere death. They must also deal with the Vanek – the gentle, enigmatic inhabitants of the planet Jebinose who, against all logic, claim to have murdered Jo's father.
Francis Paul Wilson (born 1946) is an American author, primarily in the science fiction and horror genres. Among F. Paul Wilson's best-known characters is the anti-hero Repairman Jack, an urban mercenary, who was introduced in the 1984 New York Times bestseller, The Tomb. F. Paul Wilson is a noted fan of H. P. Lovecraft.
