This novel marks Heinlein's first benign depiction of extraterrestrials. A Venusian dragon by the name of Sir Isaac Newton befriends Jaime on board the ship from the space station to Venus. He turns out to be a genius physicist collaborating with Jaime's parents on advanced scientific principles that the colonials use to win the war with the government on Earth.
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