Book 1, Chapters 11-13 Summary

Early 2076 is busy for Davis. He and Prof exercise daily, on the 30% chance a Loonie must go to Terra to speak for the Party, and Prof, the choice of ambassador, has less than a 40% chance of surviving the trip down. Davis also has to help on the farm, after Greg reluctantly leaves to serve as boss drillman for the new catapult. With the opening of the Sinus Medii tube, Davis can travel to HKL for business and build it up into the Party stronghold it should be. Davis seeks out "Clayton," a young, primarily Japanese man, whose Mama-san, a skilled make-up artist, makes it safe for Davis to appear in public. His message is accepted: famine is six years away and HKL is no longer isolated. Davis finds the old organization relies too heavily on rhetoric and emotion (like...