The Thorburn Enterprise

by John Rankine

Commander Kurt Foreman of the I.G.O. frigate Phalarope felt he had been lumbered with a nursemaid mission to keep an eye on a team of sociologists who were all set for an investigative visit to a remote planet in O.G.A. space. The sponsor of the trip was a powerful entrepreneur with too much influence for comfort and it soon was anybody's guess as to who was protecting whom. This became clear right from the start, when, arriving on Fingalna to meet the team, Forman's first challenge was to navigate the delights and pitfalls of Malvina's--the pleasure capital of Argentus spaceport. His second challenge was to stay alive long enough to find out exactly what Thorburn was up to.

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First published October 25, 2013

About the author

John Rankine (born Douglas Rankine Mason) is a British science fiction author, who has written books both as John Rankine and as Douglas R. Mason.

Rankine was born in Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales and first attended Chester Grammar School and in 1937 went to study English Literature and Experimental Psychology at the University of Manchester, where he was a friend of Anthony Burgess (as mentioned in Little Wilson and Big God: The First Part of the Confession, AB's autobiography).