Farside Cannon is a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novel by Roger McBride Allen, also the author of The Ring of Charon

The Ring of Charon

The Ring of Charon is a science fiction book by American writer Roger MacBride Allen, first published in 1990 by Tor Books. It is the first in a series of three books under the name of The Hunted Earth.The story unfolds as an unknown alien race captures Earth with the use of a controlled...

and The Shattered Sphere

The Shattered Sphere

The Shattered Sphere is a science fiction book by the author Roger MacBride Allen. It is a the second of The Hunted Earth series, preceded by The Ring of Charon....

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Plot summary

Relations between Settlement Worlds and Earth is a constant source of tension. A geologist, Garrison Morrow, discovers himself in the middle of the two parties when a series of peculiar events occur, thus leading him deeper and deeper into the delicate balance of political powers on the Moon and the rest of the Solar System.