false 17864 5 Miriam Beckstein has gotten in touch with her roots and they have nearly strangled her. A young, hip, business journalist in Boston, she discovered (in The Family Trade ) that her family comes from an alternate reality, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is too much like the mafia for comfort. In addition, starting with the discovery that women are family property and required to breed more family members with the unique talent to walk between worlds, Miriam has tried to remain an outsider and her own woman. She started a profitable business in a third world, outside the family reach (recounted in The Hidden Family). She fell in love with a distant relative, but he died saving her life. Now, however, in The Clan Corporate, Miriam may be overreaching. And if she gets caught, death or a fate worse is around the bend. There is, for instance, the brain-damaged son of the local kingwho needs a wife. But theyd never make her do that, would they? 19362 book 2006 The Clan Corporate (The Merchant Princes, Book 3) total:247|5:22|4:76|3:109|2:37|1:3| 247 818 359 22 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:32:40 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:43:48 -0700 2009
So the first book introduces Miriam and Worlds One and Two (ours and the Clan's). The second book spends a huge amount of time bringing us into World Three and the missing branch of the Clan's family. But in book three (The Clan...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Aug 23 11:04:58 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 11:04:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:01:09 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:10:41 -0700 2008
Miriam, (now Countess Helge) tries to be a 21C modern woman, starting her own busines...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 08:25:14 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 08:32:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 23:30:17 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 23:35:53 -0700 2009 1

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It also has far too much of a 9/11 influence on where things are going, something that annoys me in m...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:30:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:32:49 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Feb 26 01:53:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 01:58:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 18:30:53 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 18:32:06 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 19:55:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 13:35:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat May 16 09:03:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 09:03:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 24 20:01:28 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 20:01:28 -0700 2009 http://wombat-socho.livejournal.com/5042...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 12:11:06 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 05:18:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 09:26:17 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 09:28:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 04:51:02 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 05:17:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 07:05:11 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 11:02:34 -0800 2007
(probably if I read it properly, it would have m...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:21:57 -0800 2009 Fri May 01 07:54:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 19 09:44:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 09:44:32 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=17864