Rare is the mind capable of understanding how time itself assumes physical form.  Few may truly claim to have insights into the workings of the universe that exceed those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.  Fewer still are capable of a valid assessment of anyone making such claims.  Suppose someone discovered the elusive truth of the smallest bits of matter that flicker as candle flames on the quantum edge of reality and how they are formed of time space and energy.  If the knowledge to control the flow of time, space, and energy was available to mankind, would it be a blessing or a curse?  Would the person in possession of this knowledge feel obligated to share it with mankind, or feel duty bound to protect the world from it?

        In 2072, the moon is being transformed into a living world.  Huge tethered satellites are tugging at its equator to spin it up while water and air are being collected from the outer planets and asteroids for delivery to lunar storage.  In a few decades, the environment of moon will be that of an alpine highland.  This transformation has been made possible by antigravity technology, invented earlier in the century.  A monopoly on this technology is tenaciously guarded by the Ocean City Alliance.  The floating cities of the alliance are now the space ports to the solar system and since they are legally classified as US territories, the federal government has extend its tax authority to the growing space station belt and the colonies on the moon and Mars.

        Ride along in a hypersonic blaze above the Pacific Ocean with Captain Amanda Yeager as she struggles to survive a fiery reentry.  Follow Jack Hawkins as he weaves a jet ski at high speed between the supports of a floating ocean city while evading gunmen wearing powered exoskeletons.  Journey beyond Mars to the asteroid mines on Ceres in a Saturn class ship-of-war to learn the secrets that Albert Einstein may have taken to his grave and ultimately witness the awesome power of the primordial universe.  Follow the politics as the lunar colonies fight for their lives and their independence.  There is enough detail on the physics behind the technologies in A Place to be Free to satisfy the nuts-and-bolts Science Fiction enthusiast mixed with a plot high paced enough to keep the attention of an action adventure reader.