The Clan Corporate - Merchant Princes 3 Author:Charles Stross In "The Family Trade" and "The Hidden Family", Miriam got in touch with her roots. Now those roots have begun to strangle her. A young business journalist from Boston, Miriam discovered that her family comes from a parallel timeline, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is way too much like the Mafia for her comfort. She's tried ... more »hard to remain her own woman, even going so far to start a profitable (and legitimate) business in a third timeline she has discovered, outside the family reach. There have been murders and betrayals.Now, however, she may be overreaching - if she gets caught, death or worse is around the bend. For instance, there's the brain-damaged son of the local king who needs a wife ...But they'd never make her do that, would they? 'Stross gives us an escape fantasy that is most seductive, indeed' - Salon. 'The "Clan Corporate" offers more proof, if any were needed, why Charles Stross has become universally acknowledged as one of science fiction's major new talents' - Mike Resnick.« less