While making connections on Earth, Lucas meets his cousin Alexia Corta, and enlists her as an ally in his plan to reclaim the Corta empire.Įighteen months after the destruction of the Cortas, the triumphant Mackenzie family gathers for the 105th birthday celebration of patriarch Robert on their smelting train Crucible, which perpetually follows the Sun. Months later he makes the journey, knowing a stay longer than four months will kill him.
Galina Volikova to help him overcome this obstacle on the Vorontsov orbiting cycler Saints Peter and Paul. But as those who have lived on the Moon for an extended period are physically incapable of surviving on Earth, he enlists Dr.
Recovering from his near-fatal Moon-run escape through vacuum, Lucas Corta has only one source of potential allies to reclaim his empire: Earth. In Luna: New Moon, the Suns manipulate the Mackenzies and the Cortas to reignite their long-simmering rivalry the Corta empire is destroyed, and its members killed or scattered. Under contracts granted by the Lunar Development Corporation (LDC), the Moon has been controlled by five families: the Australian Mackenzies dominate mineral extraction, the Asamoahs of Ghana control a vast underground agricultural industry, the Russian Vorontsovs run the transportation systems, the Suns of China are masters of technology, and the upstart Brazilian Cortas mine helium-3 to power Earth's fusion reactors. There is only contract law and no criminal law, and everything from marriage to divorce to murder is infinitely negotiable the culture of the Moon's elite features polysexual and polyamorous relationships accented with cocktails, designer drugs, and 3D printed vintage couture. Everyone also has a "familiar": a personalized, holographic avatar that hovers over one shoulder and serves as an interface with the Moon's network, other familiars, and even one's physical surroundings. Tiny "chibs" placed in the eye to meter usage of these Four Elementals serve as a constant reminder of this. In the future, a near feudal colony has risen up around the industrialisation of the Moon, and though technology keeps the deadly natural environment at bay, the four basic essentials of life-air, water, carbon and data-come at a price. The novel was released in the UK on 23 March 2017, and in the US on 28 March 2017. The novel explores the aftermath of the Corta family's destruction at the hands of their enemies on the Moon as the survivors seek salvation and revenge. It is the second book in a three-part series that also includes Luna: New Moon and Luna: Moon Rising. Luna: Wolf Moon is a 2017 science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald.
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