A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generations
Science Fiction Grand Master
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy. When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders -- a league of merchant princes -- throughout the many worlds of a hostile galaxy, finding the courage to live by his wits and fight his way from society's lowest rung. But Thorby's destiny will be forever changed when he discovers the truth about his own identity....
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The slave market stood on the spaceport side of the Plaza of Liberty facing the capitol of the Nine Worlds. The auction chant of the slave trader was frequently drowned out by the rocket roar of the space ships. Why a slave market in the future's advanced galactic science? Why the sale of this particular newly imported young man, Thorby? Who indeed was Thorby? Citizen Of The Galaxy keeps its secret throughout Thorby's strange adventures on that planet and on the Free Trading ship Sisu, where the Free Traders have worked out "the oddest solution to the difficult problem of how to be human and survive of any society in history." "Science, mystery, and strong ethical concepts give the book sure appeal to devotees of science fiction." -- Saturday Review.
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A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generations
Science Fiction Grand Master
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy. When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders -- a league of merchant princes -- throughout the many worlds of a hostile galaxy, finding the courage to live by his wits and fight his way from society's lowest rung. But Thorby's destiny will be forever changed when he discovers the truth about his own identity....
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The slave market stood on the spaceport side of the Plaza of Liberty facing the capitol of the Nine Worlds. The auction chant of the slave trader was frequently drowned out by the rocket roar of the space ships. Why a slave market in the future's advanced galactic science? Why the sale of this particular newly imported young man, Thorby? Who indeed was Thorby? Citizen Of The Galaxy keeps its secret throughout Thorby's strange adventures on that planet and on the Free Trading ship Sisu, where the Free Traders have worked out "the oddest solution to the difficult problem of how to be human and survive of any society in history." "Science, mystery, and strong ethical concepts give the book sure appeal to devotees of science fiction." -- Saturday Review.
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