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The Jagged Orbit
Published 1969 by Ace Books · 397 pages
Nebula · 1970
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6 award entries · 5 books · 1 wins · 1965–1973
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Synopsis
In a near-future America fractured along racial lines, a weapons conglomerate called the Gottschalks profits from escalating tensions while a computer tries to predict societal collapse. A journalist, a psychiatrist, and a pyrokinetic patient become entangled in a conspiracy that threatens to push civilization past the point of no return.
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