Orbiting Fortunes - Paperback

by A. L. MacDonald (Author)

Alan Mercier's life as a cop on Mars was years and almost two hundred million miles behind him. After his partner is killed he is ready to let others do the good deeds, play the hero, and suffer the consequences. He is ready for the wild, lawless world of flying a space junker.

The toughest part of space junking isn't the flying: it's keeping the find away from other space junkers, and staying on the good side of the beautiful station manager, Kate. Then there are the finds in orbit: some are duds, some extremely valuable, and some cause more trouble than one can imagine.

It's the latter such find that leads Alan from orbit to a remote island in the Pacific, then halfway to Mars, and all the way back to facing what really drives him - even if it could get him killed.