Executive Summary
Piers Anthony

Executive Summary

Hope Hubris is the recently appointed head of the United States of Jupiter. He has circumvented the Congressional protocols, with his sister Spirit's help, to be appointed Tyrant, replacing President Tocsin. He urgently needs to balance the budget, in order to keep the nation from collapse, and he has to do this in the atmosphere of constant threats from the Communist planet of Saturn; he is also constantly distracted by erotic...

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