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No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 284 pages; ex-library with usual internal markings; partial dust jacket enclosed in pieces; corners bumped, edge wear; From a distance, Spaceport City is a land of milk and honey. A paradise of sprawling homes and pools and flashy cars. Close up it is bizarre; an unreal world of restless, uprooted women and driven men, where sex is another party and alcohol the common household remedy.Dr. Michael Barnes gets the opportunity for some first-hand observations when he returns after 8 years at the behest of the the Senate to investigate the Pegasus Space Program.