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The billion dollar boy : a jupiter novel / Charles Sheffield

by Charles Sheffield

A wealthy teenager joins a starship crew to escape his privileged life but finds himself forced to adapt to a life of discipline. He must learn to cooperate with his crewmates when he becomes the target of an interstellar ransom plot.

Accession 34060 ISBN 0312862040 Publisher —
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