An omnibus edition containing two classic science fiction thrillers--Heavy Time and Hellburner--captures the perilous futuristic world of the Merchanters and the Alliance as emerging new forces challenge the control of both global governments and interstellar corporate cartels. Reprint. Two classic science fiction thrillers--Heavy Time and Hellburner--capture the perilous world of the Merchanters and the Alliance as emerging new forces challenge the control of both global governments. C. J. Cherryhs upcoming new science fiction novel Hammerfall (Avon Eos, 7/01), is the perfect opportunity to revisit this authors strong backlist, including the latest book, Devil to the Belt (Warner, 12/00). Ranging from Earth to the asteroids and beyond, the acclaimed novels first published as Heavy Time and Hellburner are knife-edged thrillers of deadly intrigue in an era of dangerous transition. In the future world of the Merchanters and the Alliance, emerging new forces, including the Union and the Fleet, are challenging the strangle-holds of global governments and world-spanning corporate cartels. But it will be ordinary people -- the innocent and the unlucky -- who are trapped in the turmoil when interstellar powers collide.
