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The Descent of Anansi

by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes · 1982

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It's the American Revolution all over again. But this time it's a ragtag band of space colonists vs. the United States. And the fate of the world hangs by a thread—200 miles above the earth.

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adult
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medium · 288 pages

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