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When aircraft owned by North Power‑Air begin to crash, the company turns to Waldo, a crippled genius who lives in a zero‑gravity home orbiting Earth. Waldo, initially reluctant, learns that the key to fixing the aircraft also holds the key to his own survival. Meanwhile, under the guise of a magic agency called Magic, Inc., independent magicians are being systematically squeezed out of the business. A determined businessman, with the help of an Oxford‑educated African shaman and a small old lady skilled in black magic, confronts the demons of Hell in an attempt to resolve the conflict once and for all.
First publish date: 1950
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Robert A. Heinlein
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