Dan Randolph never has by the guidelines. A hell-raising maverick with no endurance for fools, he is adored by his close friends, feared by his enemies, and desired with the world’s loveliest ladies. Acting being a twenty-first privateer, Randolph broke the political strangle-hold on space exploration and opened up the solar system to all mankind-becoming one of the world’s richest guys in the discount.

Today an ecological problems threatens Earth, one which will exterminate billions in a few short years if it continues unchecked. As well as the same politicians that Randolph outwitted the first time desire to impose a world dictatorship to cope with it. Dan Randolph knows that the answer lies in more human freedom, not really less-and in the boundless sources of space. But can he stay free of charge long enough to give the globe that chance?

A daring tale of one man’s struggle against overwhelming odds, Empire Builders is a sensational near-future thriller simply by perhaps one of the most acclaimed science fiction authors of our time.