（外文电子版资料）Niven, Larry Pournelle, Jerry - The Gripping Hand.doc

THE GRIPPING HAND LARRY NIVEN AND JERRY POURNELLE POCKET BOOKS New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore For Marilyn and Roberta, those most patient of ladies Dramatis Personae Sinbad: HIS EXCELLENCY HORACE HUSSEIN BURY. Imperial Trader and Magnate; Chairman of the Board, Imperial Autonetics, Ltd. and owner of the yacht Sinbad SIR KEVIN RENNER, KCMG, Captain, Imperial Space Navy Reserve; pilot of Sinbad NABIL AHMED KHADURRI, Valet and Personal Secretary to Bury CYNTHIA ANWAR, Companion to Bury REUBEN FOX, Captain of Imperial Autonetics ship Nauvoo Vision SIR LAWRENCE JACKSON, Governor of Maxroy’s Purchase RUTH RACHAEL COHEN, Lieutenant. Commander, Imperial Space Navy Intelligence AJAX BOYNTON JAMES SCOTT Snow Ghost Hunters, Maxroy’s Purchase DARWIN SCOTT RODERICK HAROLD. LORD BLAINE, DSC, GCMG, Earl of Acrux, Capt. ISN (Ret.), former master of Imperial battle cruiser MacArthur SANDRA (SALLY) LIDDELL LEONOVNA FOWLER, LADY BLAINE, onetime doctoral candidate in anthropology, wife of Lord Blaine THE HONORABLE GLENDA RUTH FOWLER BLAINE, Rod and Sally Blaine’s daughter BRUNO CZILLER, Vice Admiral, ISN (Ret.), former master of INSS MacArthur DR. JACOB RUCKMAN, Astrophysicist HIS EXCELLENCY BENJAMIN SERGEI SACHS, President of Imperial Traders Association, and Chairman of Union Express BARON SIR ANDREW CALVIN MERGER, newly appointed Viceroy and Governor General of His Majesty’s Realms Beyond the Coal Sack ARKLEY KELLEY, Former Gunner, Imperial Marines, and Blaine family retainer JENNIFER BANDA, Graduate Student in Xenobiology, Blaine Institute IVAN, JOCK CHARLIE, Motie ambassadors to the Empire, representing the Mote Prime family headed by “King Peter” CAPTAIN RAPHAEL CUNNINGHAM, ISN Intelligence case officer ALYSIA JOYCE MEI-LING TRUJILLO, feature columnist Imperial PostTribune Syndicate, Special Features reporter, Hochsweiler Broadcasting Network THE HONORABLE KEVIN CHRISTIAN BLAINE, Lieutenant. ISN COMMISSIONER JOHN CARGILL, Admiral, ISN (Ret.) COMMISSIONER DAVID H