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Higher Education

A Jupiter™ Novel


CoverHIGHER EDUCATION

When a misfired practical joke gets him kicked out of school, Rick Luban thinks he has nowhere to go but down. Instead, he gets a second chance—and a whole new life—when he signs up for a career in asteroid mining. Life in space proves more challenging than Rick expected. Competition is heated between the new recruits of Vanguard Mining, and the harsh realities of space allow absolutely no room for error. On his way to a brighter future, Rick faces ever more demanding tests, as well as the very real dangers of sabotage and murder....

Cover Art by Vincent Di Fate



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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First Printing, June 1996 by Tor Books

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sheffield, Charles.
Higher education / Charles Sheffield & Jerry Pournelle.
  p. c.m.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
ISBN 0-312-86174-5
I. Pournelle, Jerry. II. Title.
PS3569.H39253H54 ' 1996
813'54—dc20 95-52875 CIP

First Edition: June 1996

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-86174-2
ISBN-10: 0-312-86174-5

Copyright ©January 1996, by Kirkwood Research Inc., and Jerry Pournelle. A modified version of this novel was serialized in Analog magazine.

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To the long-suffering teachers of America

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