
The Crystal Empire
The author won the Prometheus Award three times. Denver detective Win Bear, on the trail of a murderer, discovers much more than a killer. He accidentally stumbles upon the probability broach, a portal to a myriad of worlds—some wildly different from, others disconcertingly similar to our own. Win finds himself transported to an alternate Earth where Congress is in Colorado, everyone carries a gun, there are gorillas in the Senate, and public services are controlled by private businesses.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Year
- 2001
- ISBN-13
- 9781466828070
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- Alternate historyparallel worldsLibertarian political philosophyDetective investigation
Awards
- Prometheus AwardShortlisted(1987)
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