Cover of Terms of Protection by Alex Merced

Terms of Protection

Published by Self-published · Fiction

The Worlds Between Home, Book 8 of 10. On the Orison Exchange, air is the currency and protection is bought from competing houses, so the Oleds end up covered on three separate books by people who all deal with them honestly.

About the author: Alex Merced is Head of Developer Relations at Dremio and the author of 77 books on data, AI, economics, fiction, and tabletop RPGs. His story is on WhoIsAlexMerced.com.

Who this book is for

Crossover young adult and adult readers who enjoy political science fiction, dystopian adventure, and family-centered space opera.

Table of contents

  1. Choose Your Law
  2. Covered Persons
  3. The Deyari Route
  4. Mutual Recognition
  5. No Subscriber
  6. Home Policy
  7. The Volcanic Claim
  8. Xia's Condition
  9. Competing Warrants
  10. Defense Premium
  11. The Exit Contract
  12. Attack by Clause
  13. Beyond Coverage
  14. Hangar Arbitration
  15. Inside the Vent

Excerpt

Ninety-two hours of the arrival allowance had run and eight were left, and Herrol Danch walked out to pad nine to say so with his hood in his hand, which was eleven hundred meters of tunnel and a lock cycle he did not have to spend. "You have got the four of them on Cadwell air until the hundredth hour," he said. "After that every one of them has to be on something, or they are on the person schedule, and I would rather come out here than have you read it off a board."

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