This is the third book of a tetralogy named Vortex Evolution.  It comprises The Quantum Elbow, Storm Pilgrim, Quantum Heritage, and Vortex Eye.

Anna Bennett inherits majority ownership of Gadson Aerospace, founded by Quantum Elbow (QE) inventor Terry Gadson nearly a century ago.  The firm is most active on Hyacinth, the sole human-settled world beyond Earth, with only a tiny population.  She develops several variations of the QE device used to span interstellar distances, but in a much more reactive manner than Joe Bachelor, the previous owner of the firm.  Joe is often frustrated by Anna’s more experimental research style.  Anna develops some of Joe’s ideas in her own fashion, and pioneers QE-driven asteroid mining on a small scale to suit Hyacinth.

Although successful on commercial and social levels, Anna suffers severe personal loss when her son Martin is killed while visiting Earth with Joe, who is targeted for assassination.  Joe’s Displacement Box invention had made him many commercial enemies on Earth.  Determined to avoid similar violent dramas or commercial takeover bids, Anna sets about making Hyacinth more independent than just a ‘Client World’ of Earth.  This means supporting bold research with military and political implications for the settler world.

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