Variable Star — Robert A. Heinlein; Spider Robinson

At his death, in 1988, Robert A. Heinlein left behind a legacy of novels and short stories that almost single-handedly defined modern science fiction.

But one of Heinlein's masterpieces was never finished.

In 1955, he began work on Variable Star -- a powerful and passionate tale of two young lovers driven apart by pride, power, and the vastness of interstellar time and space -- only to set it aside to focus on other novels.

The detailed outline and notes Heinlein created for the project lay forgotten for decades, only to be rediscovered almost half a century later. Now the Heinlein estate has authorized Hugo and Nebula Award -- winning author Spider Robinson to expand the outline into a full-length novel. The result is vintage Heinlein, faithful in style and spirit to the Grand Master's original vision.