&quot;There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.&quot; ¾Robert A. Heinlein, from <i>Time Enough for Love</i>.<br><br><b>Be Prepared _ Or Die!</b><br><br>Bill Lermer travels with his father, stepmother and stepsister to colonize a Jovian moon in the process of being terraformed. Out here, self-reliance is the key to survival¾and Bill finds that his Boy Scout motto isn't merely a pretty saying. It's a necessary rule for survival!<br><br>This is it: what we think is the best of the classic Robert Heinlein adventure novels that influenced a generation of engineers and space scientists and still set the heart racing and the mind afire! <br><br>At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).