num_pages: 85
description: In the matter of life and death there is little room for error… and no room to fail…   After years of scraping by, August Reach knows when to count himself lucky. As a non-Japanese- and an African-American to boot- a hard won contract with the Nakata family to handle construction for all their off-Earth projects was a pretty major plum.  But when Yuai, the daughter of CEO Shigeru Nakata, is kidnapped by a member of the Yakuza, Gus is left to face the fact his luck just might be running out. With the Nakata and other Founders funding the interstellar colonization effort and the understanding that dealing with organized crime would result in being left behind on a dying Earth, Gus finds himself in a race against time to return the missing girl before time runs out. Negotiations can run risky between a family desperate to keep their hands clean and an organization that may just kill this American black man at any moment.  Can Gus find a way to return Yuai to her father without incident? Or will his dealings with the most feared crime organization in Japan cause the Founders to kick the Nakatas out of the Syndicate? From science mastermind of Earth’s Last Gambit, Live Wire is a brand new hard sci-fi adventure that will have you wanting more! If you like the work of Larry Niven or Allen Steele then you will love this new edition to Bill Patterson’s Paradisi Series!
language: English
title: Live Wire
publisher: Amazon Digital Services