The Family Trade

Miriam Beckstein is a successful technology journalist in Boston until she uncovers a dangerous money laundering scheme and gets fired with a death threat. While investigating her origins, she discovers she can travel to a parallel universe where an alternate aristocratic family rules through trade and political intrigue. Thrust into a web of corporate espionage and royal backstabbing, Miriam must use her journalistic wits to survive. She quickly realizes she is a pawn in a larger game and decides to outmaneuver her powerful new relatives.

by Charles Stross

Tor Fantasy · First published 2004 · 320 pages