Books with title The Variable Man

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher whose published work is almost entirely accepted as being in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his book “The Variable Man” The Terran system is growing and expanding all the time. But an old and corrupt Centaurian Empire is holding Terra down, as it encircles the Terran system and will not let the humans grow out of their current empire. For this reason Terra is at war with Proxima Centauri and is trying to find a way of breaking free from the Centaurian's hold upon them.(Excerpt from Wikipedia)

In the third book of the Virulent Chronicles...Ethan is now at home in the System. Teddy has been placed in the King’s care. The move to the Islands is looming. And Lucy and Grant are falling in love amidst the backdrop of anxiousness and pain. There are whispers of dissent among the survivors, and even Huck Truman’s cherished Elektos Board is starting to challenge his thirst for complete control.Back in Oregon, Dean and Darla begin the journey to Nebraska to find their children. But will they be too late?

In the final book of the Virulent Trilogy… Ethan is now at home in the System. Teddy has been placed in the King’s care. The move to the Islands is looming. And Lucy and Grant are falling in love amidst the backdrop of anxiousness and pain. There are whispers of dissent among the survivors, and even Huck Truman’s cherished Elektos Board is starting to challenge his thirst for complete control. Back in Oregon, Dean and Darla begin the journey to Nebraska to find their children. But will they be too late?

Philip K. Dicks story about a common tinkerer, Thomas Cole, who gets transported into the future. There, he is dismissed and condemned by a power-mad tyrant looking to balance the equation for interstellar war. But, just because the tyrant is too arrogant to see the value of Cole as a person let alone a handyman doesn't mean Cole won't have the most profound effect on the entire galaxy. Hunted down on earth yet Cole does have allies. People that recognize the most incredible ability to do things that not even the greatest minds of the future can accomplish. The fate of humanity is in that simple working man's hands.