Project Gutenberg 2010-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 99 MacLean, Katherine 1925 Morris, G. A. MacLean, Katherine Anne Dye, Charles The Man Who Staked the Stars Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Staked the Stars" by Katherine MacLean is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The story centers around Bryce Carter, a cunning and ambitious character involved with the Union Transport Corporation, as he navigates a web of corporate intrigue, crime, and personal danger while trying to consolidate his power. As he grapples with threats from both within and outside the company, Bryce's past and present collide in unexpected ways. The opening of the narrative introduces Bryce Carter's rise from a life of petty crime to the role of a director at Union Transport, a key player in space travel and transport. In a series of tense interactions, Bryce demonstrates his cunning against various characters, including a dark-skinned young man claiming to be a "witch doctor," who hints at having done something significant to Bryce. Simultaneously, a board meeting reveals that illegal activities are woven into the company's operations, escalating the tension and setting the stage for Bryce's complex dealings with both allies and adversaries alike. The chapter establishes an atmosphere laced with suspense, underscoring Bryce's morally ambiguous nature as well as the precariousness of his position in an unforgiving universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31356/31356-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Psychological fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 184777 184785 2024-09-13T09:26:52.667433 2023-09-14T03:59:03.815003 text/html text/html 181608 2010-02-22T09:50:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 285349 2010-02-22T09:50:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 264499 2024-09-13T09:26:55.863944 application/epub+zip 267234 2024-09-13T09:26:53.219392 application/epub+zip 118703 2024-09-13T09:26:52.946418 application/epub+zip 336066 2024-09-13T09:26:58.129878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320740 2024-09-13T09:26:55.598912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174233 2022-09-14T11:27:29.144857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171470 171367 2024-09-13T09:26:52.312454 2023-09-14T03:59:03.506007 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 171296 2010-02-22T09:50:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66225 2010-02-22T09:50:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18675 2024-09-13T09:26:58.259865 application/rdf+xml 28623 2024-09-13T09:26:53.023396 image/jpeg 4759 2024-09-13T09:26:52.983471 image/jpeg 301459 2024-09-13T09:26:52.724451 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia