The Clan Corporate
| Author | Charles Stross |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Paul Youll |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Merchant Princes |
| Genre | Alternate history, Science Fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | May 16, 2006 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7653-0930-0 |
| OCLC | 62393136 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PR6119.T79 C63 2006 |
| Preceded by | The Hidden Family |
| Followed by | The Merchants' War |
The Clan Corporate is the third book of Charles Stross' alternate history, science fiction series The Merchant Princes. It is the first part of the series' second story.
Plot
In this installment, Miriam Beckstein spends most of her time in the first parallel world, a virtual prisoner. She has ruffled enough feathers and stirred up enough trouble that her uncle, the clan's head of security, keeps her well isolated, and unable to travel unchaperoned. At one point in the story, she manages to escape surveillance for a short time, but she quickly gets herself back in trouble, and her activities are strongly circumscribed thereafter.
There's a subplot involving Mike Fleming, a cop who dated Miriam a couple of times. Mike has been pulled into a government task force that is investigating the clan's activities and plans with the help of a member of the clan's security apparatus who turned his back on the clan at the end of book two. There are occasional references to the moral and security implications of holding him prisoner outside the criminal justice system, but they are not explored in any depth.
Awards
Along with the first two novels of the series, The Clan Corporate won the 2006 Sidewise Award for Alternate History.[1]
Notes
- ^ "The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History". Retrieved 2008-09-26.
References
- Green, Roland. "The Clan Corporate." Booklist 102.17 (May 2006): 77.
- "The Clan Corporate: Book Three of the Merchant Princes." Publishers Weekly 253.12 (20 Mar. 2006): 41-41.