Coyote Rising - by Allen Steele (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A Hugo Award-winning author presents a generational saga about the fate of human freedom on a colonized alien world.

The settlers of the extrasolar moon Coyote escaped the tyrannical United Republic of America on Earth to create a home for themselves where they could pursue lives free from persecution--a colony they named Liberty. But that regime was overthrown by the Western Hemisphere Union, a social collectivist government that seized Republic resources and followed the colonists across the stars to claim the settlement--and the world--as Union property.

Outnumbered and outgunned by an occupying force, Coyote's pioneers nevertheless refuse to surrender. Abandoning their village, they settle on a different continent where they establish the town of Defiance, hidden from their enemies. But when Liberty's meager supplies prove insufficient to feed and house the one thousand people who arrived under the Union's banner, violent factions arise and compete to survive, undermining collectivist beliefs and military authority.

To prevent Union expansion and retake Liberty, the people of Defiance are willing to wage war. But even as the human conflict escalates, the challenges of Coyote's alien landscape threaten them all . . .

"Would make Robert A. Heinlein proud." --Entertainment Weekly

"Unlike most series books, readers will enjoy this one whether they have read the first installment or not." --Rocky Mountain News

About the Author

Before becoming a science fiction writer, Allen Steele was a journalist for newspapers and magazines in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Missouri, and his home state of Tennessee. But science fiction was his first love, so he eventually ditched journalism and began producing that which had made him decide to become a writer in the first place.

Since then, Steele has published eighteen novels and nearly one hundred short stories. His work has received numerous accolades, including three Hugo Awards, and has been translated worldwide, mainly into languages he can't read. He serves on the board of advisors for the Space Frontier Foundation and is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He also belongs to Sigma, a group of science fiction writers who frequently serve as unpaid consultants on matters regarding technology and security.

Allen Steele is a lifelong space buff, and this interest has not only influenced his writing, it has taken him to some interesting places. He has witnessed numerous space shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center and has flown NASA's shuttle cockpit simulator at the Johnson Space Center. In 2001, he testified before the US House of Representatives in hearings regarding the future of space exploration. He would like very much to go into orbit, and hopes that one day he'll be able to afford to do so.

Steele lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Linda, and a continual procession of adopted dogs. He collects vintage science fiction books and magazines, spacecraft model kits, and dreams.