Stations of the Tide

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As the planet Miranda slowly drowns under the weight of its own tides, a bureaucrat from the Division of Technology Transfer conducts an investigation into the life of a local celebrity, a “magician” who possesses proscribed technology and whose personal powers hold much of the dying planet in thrall.
Won Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1992. Nominated for Hugo and Campbell awards in 1992. Nominated for Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1993.