Gil "the ARM" Hamilton, one of Larry Niven's most intriguing characters, narrates this science fiction mystery novel. Humanity has divided into 3 groups: the Belters from the asteroids, "lunies" on the Moon and "flatlanders" from Earth. 20 years after a former convocation, Gil Hamilton, with the United Nations police force, travels to the moon to attend a new meeting to establish or change existing laws. When an Earth woman and Gil's friend is arrested for attempted murder and faces the penalty of death and the harvesting of her organs, as is practiced in particularly harsh fashion on the Moon, Gil works to uncover the truth before she suffers death and dismemberment. There are powerful people on the Moon who will do anything to stop him. A masterful novel by one of science fiction's greatest writers.
With a new introduction by the Author.
