The four thousand, the eight hundred
By: Greg Egan
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9781596067912
Subjects: Life on other planets; Space traveler; Fiction
Description: Camille is desperate to escape her home on colonized asteroid Vesta, journeying through space in a small cocoon pod covertly and precariously attached to a cargo ship. Anna is a newly appointed port director on asteroid Ceres, intrigued by the causes that have led so-called riders like Camille to show up at her post in search of asylum. Conditions on Vesta are quickly deteriorating - for one group of people in particular. The original founders agreed to split profits equally, but the Sivadier syndicate contributed intellectual property rather than more valued tangible goods. Now the rest of the populace wants payback. As Camille travels closer to Ceres, it seems ever more likely that Vesta will demand the other asteroid stop harboring its fugitives. - inside front cover.
Notes: First published in Asimov's Science Fiction, December, 2015.

Limited edition.