Seventeen-year-old Afanasiy Vyatkin, orphaned when the Japanese attacked his world, has nowhere to go but the Vyatkin Family House in the capital city of the Alliance.
He finds the Great House overwhelmed by refugees.
A few nice refugees, an ambitious servant, some retired old men.
Outnumbered by the rude, aggressive, bullying refugees, fighting to maintain their status after the disastrous war. Penniless, powerful . . .and dangerous in their desperation to scramble to the top of the ruble heap of their lives.
.Afanasiy has no trouble separating friends from enemies. And the enemies have underestimated him . . .
Genre: Science Fiction
He finds the Great House overwhelmed by refugees.
A few nice refugees, an ambitious servant, some retired old men.
Outnumbered by the rude, aggressive, bullying refugees, fighting to maintain their status after the disastrous war. Penniless, powerful . . .and dangerous in their desperation to scramble to the top of the ruble heap of their lives.
.Afanasiy has no trouble separating friends from enemies. And the enemies have underestimated him . . .
Genre: Science Fiction
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