While sifting through a pile of books the other day I stumbled upon "The Pharaoh Contract", a science fiction book published in 1991, and written by Ray Aldridge. "The Pharaoh Contract"
is the first book in the Emancipator trilogy, which also includes "The Emperor of Everything" and "The Orpheus Machine". "The Pharaoh Contract" follows the path of Ruiz Aw, the enforcer of the slave trading Art League. Ruiz is sent to the planet of Pharaoh to investigate who is stealing some of the Art League's most valuable slave performers. When Ruiz reaches Pharaoh he finds that not only is he mysteriously changed, but that a web of intrigue even entwines the Art League's agents on Pharaoh. "The Pharaoh Contract" is an exciting book set in an unusual and more than slightly strange galaxy.
