Synopses & Reviews
Shelby Cheever V is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the
universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Like, how to
follow orders instead of simply
giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates?
He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.
Review
"A teenage protagonist, a speed-of-light plot and a clever narration equal accessible, entertaining reading. Sheffield skillfully put his own stamp on familiar elements providing first-rate scientific and technical extrapolation, brisk pacing, and more plausible depiction of his young hero's maturation than is typical of this sort of coming-of-age adventure." -
Booklist
Synopsis
Shelby Crawford Jerome Prescott Cheever V is The Billion Dollar Boy, one of the richest young men of the 22nd century. His life on Earth has been spent in idle luxury, until a careless mistake strands him on a mining ship in the Messina Dust Cloud, twenty-seven light years from Earth. Far from his fortune, Shelby must learn how to survive in space -- and discovers the shape of his destiny.
About the Author
Charles Sheffield is a mathematician and theoretical physicist by training. His doctoral work was on Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Currently Dr. Sheffield works as chief scientist for the Earth Satellite Corporation, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that specializes in the analysis of data gathered from space.
The author of thirty previous science fiction novels, including Cold as Ice and The Ganymede Club from Tor, Sheffield lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, author Nancy Kress.