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The '''Saga of Seven Suns''' is a series of [[science fiction]] novels written by [[Kevin J. Anderson]] as of November 2006. It is a series planned to span seven books, with the seventh and last to be published in two years. The series is set with a [[space opera]] theme, in a distant future. Humanity has spread out among the stars, colonizing a number of planets in the spiral arm of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.
[[Image:Carly_Fiorina.jpg|right|thumb|Carly Fiorina from MIT podium 2002]]
'''Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina ''' (born ''Cara Carleton Sneed''; [[September 6]][[1954]] in [[Austin, Texas]]) is an American business executive, best known as former [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] ([[1999]]–[[2005]]) and [[Chairman of the Board]] ([[2000]]–[[2005]]) of [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP).
==Early lifeSynopsis==
* High school: [http://www.jordan.dpsnc.net/ Charles E. Jordan Senior High School], Durham, North Carolina (Fiorina was at Jordan for only her Senior year due to her father's frequent relocations during this time)
* [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] double major in [[medieval]] history and [[philosophy]], [[Stanford University]], California, 1976
* Attended law school at [[University of California, Los Angeles]] but dropped out after one semester.
* Worked as a receptionist at [http://www.marcusmillichap.com/ Marcus & Millichap], then a small real-estate firm
* Taught English in Italy (her first husband's career had taken them to that country)
===Prequel: Veiled Alliances (Graphic Novel) (2004)===<!-- This section is linked from [[Kevin J. Anderson]] -->
==Business education==
* [[MBA]] in marketing, [[Robert H. Smith School of Business]] at the University of Maryland, College Park, 1980
* [[Master of Science|MS]] in management, [[MIT Sloan School of Management]] under the [[Sloan Fellows]] program, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989
[[Image:Veiled_Alliances.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Veiled Alliances.]]
==[[AT&T]] (1980-1995)==
Fiorina joined AT&T in 1980 as a management trainee and rose to become a Vice President.
Centuries ago, the human race began searching the Milky Way for hospitable planets, hoping to alleviate crowded conditions on Earth. Eleven ships filled with self-sufficient explorers set out for the stars, knowing that, at best, their grandchildren might someday find a new home. And now the Caillié, a generation ship on the verge of despair, has discovered something FAR more interesting - an advanced race capable of faster-than-light travel.
==[[Lucent Technologies]] (1995-1999)==
* On [[November 20]][[1995]], promoted by AT&T to Executive Vice President for corporate operations for the future Lucent spinoff, reporting to Henry B. Schacht.<ref>{{cite press release
|title= Systems and technology company headquarters, top execs announced
|date=November 20, 1995
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1195/951120.cha.html
}}</ref>
* On [[February 5]][[1996]], [[Lucent Technologies]] was spun off from AT&T. Fiorina played a key role in planning and implementing the initial public offering of stock and launch activities.<ref>{{cite press release
|title=AT&T announces board members, SEC filing for new company
|date=February 5, 1996
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/0296/960205.cha.html
}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release
|title=Fiorina to head Consumer Products business for Lucent Technologies
|date=October 15, 1996
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1096/961015.coa.html
}}</ref>
* On [[October 15]][[1996]], appointed President of Lucent consumer products business, reporting to Rich McGinn, President and COO of Lucent.<ref>{{cite press release
|title= Fiorina to head Consumer Products business for Lucent Technologies
|date=October 15, 1996
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1096/961015.coa.html
}}</ref>
* On [[October 1]][[1997]], appointed Chairman of [[Philips Consumer Communications]], a US$2.5 billion joint venture in corded/cordless phones and answering machines.<ref>{{cite press release
|title=Philips and Lucent complete PCC joint venture, create world leader in corded/cordless phones and answering machines
|date=October 1, 1997
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1097/971001.cpa.html
}}</ref> Philips Consumer Communications was dissolved in [[1998]].<ref>{{cite press release
|title=Lucent Technologies and Royal Philips Electronics end joint venture; Lucent to sell off its portion of operation
|date=October 22, 1998
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1098/981022.cob.html
}}</ref>
* On [[October 23]][[1997]], appointed Group President of Lucent global service provider business, with global marketing responsibility for Lucent's largest customer segment.<ref>{{cite press release
|title=Lucent Technologies appoints chief operating officers, organizes business around fastest growth opportunities
|date=October 23, 1997
|url=http://www.lucent.com/press/1097/971023.coa.html
}}</ref>
* In October [[1998]], Fiorina was ranked #1 in [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] magazine's first listing of the most powerful women in business.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Ranking The 50 Most Powerful Women: Fortune's First Annual Look at the Women Who Most Influence Corporate America
|author=Julie Creswell and Dina Bass
|date=October 12, 1998
|publisher=Fortune
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title=The 50 Most Powerful Women In American Business: In an age of celebrity, it may surprise you that our No. 1 woman is someone you've never heard of. There are other surprises too: Some nontraditional businesswomen, like Oprah Winfrey, rank high--and some well-known CEOs, like Warnaco's Linda Wachner, don't.
|author=Patricia Sellers and Cora Daniels
|date=October 12, 1998
|publisher=Fortune
}}</ref> She remained at the top until 2004 and was listed near the top in the following years. On first being listed, she remarked that the ordinal ranking of this list is inappropriate.{{cn}}
* On [[July 19]][[1999]], Fiorina joined Hewlett-Packard.
* On [[January 6]][[2000]], Lucent announced that it had missed its quarterly estimates. <ref>{{cite press release
|title=Lucent Technologies comments on expectations for first fiscal quarter 2000 earnings
|date=January 06, 2000
|http://www.lucent.com/press/0100/000106.cob.html
}}</ref>
The Ildirans not only help the people of the Caillié settle the planet Theron, they seek out survivors of the other ships launched so long ago. Once they've located most of the remaining human pioneers, the Ildirans send an envoy to the much-changed planet Earth seeking an alliance between the two races. The Earth is now governed by the wisened King Ben, with the shadowy figure of Chairman Malcolm Stannis pulling the strings for the Terran Hanseatic League behind the scenes.
==[[Hewlett-Packard Company]] (1999-2005)==
===Book 1: Hidden Empire (2002)===<!-- This section is linked from [[Kevin J. Anderson]] -->
Fiorina joined Hewlett-Packard Company on [[July 19]][[1999]] as CEO, succeeding [[Lewis Platt]].
<ref>{{cite news
|author=Wharton School
|title=An Interview with Carly Fiorina
|date=October 18, 2006
|publisher=Knowledge@Wharton
|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1581
}}
[[Image:Hidden_Empire.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Hidden Empire.]]
</ref> She was not involved in the decision to spin-off [[Agilent Technologies]] but she presided over the process of implementing this decision. She brought the company back from 9 quarters of missed expectations to meeting or exceeding its performance goals. She often referred to her efforts as an attempt to "Reinvent HP." During the general business downturn in 2001, Fiorina opted for 7,000 layoffs.
Having colonized the worlds of the Spiral Arm, the three branches of humanity -- the Earth-based Terran Hanseatic League, the telepathic green priests of Theroc, and the fiercely rebellious, starship-dwelling Roamers -- consider themselves lords of creation. After all, humans share the galaxy with only two alien species, one harmless and one extinct. The benign Ildirans are an ancient, senescent civilization, while the Klikiss vanished ages before, leaving behind vast ruins filled with technological wonders, but no clues to their mysterious disappearance.
<ref>{{cite news
|author=Peter Burrows
|title=HP's Carly Fiorina: The Boss
|date=August 2, 1999
|publisher=BusinessWeek
|url=http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_31/b3640001.htm
}}
</ref>
So ambitious humans see the galaxy as wide open for the taking. And when two xenoarchaeologists discover a Klikiss device that can convert gas giant planets into new, life-giving suns, the humans promptly put their new technology to the test. The result is hideous beyond imagination. For the supposedly uninhabitable gas giants are the homeworlds of another alien species - the Hydrogues. Infinitely more advanced than the Ildirans, supremely more powerful than the Klikiss, and now the victims of accidental genocide, the hydrogues don't seek explanations, apologies, or reparations. Instead, armadas of invincible, city-sized warships emerge from their gaseous worlds with a single purpose: to annihilate every last human - whether Hansa, Theron, or Roamer.
Throughout her career at HP, Fiorina was a very visible CEO. Her business travel included interactions with Hollywood entertainers and politicians. Her actions prompted the [[San Jose Mercury News]] to speculate that she might later run for election to public office.
Suddenly, humans need allies, but the Klikiss can't help them and the Ildirans won't. In their pride, the upstart worlds of Man have misunderstood the brutal realities of the galaxy and now face their own impending doom.
Fiorina approved the lease of two new [[Gulfstream]] jets to be added to the HP fleet.
===Book 2: A Forest of Stars (2003)===
===Compaq merger===
In [[2002]], Fiorina proposed a controversial [[merger]] with rival company [[Compaq]]. She campaigned for this plan and it was implemented amid some controversy. After the merger, quarterly results were inconsistent, leading to several sharp sell-offs in the shares. After the merger, HP saw an exodus of top managerial talent, mostly from the Compaq side, including [[Michael Capellas]], Jeff Clarke, Mary McDowell, and the forced resignation of Peter Blackmore. HP's combined PC business was number one for the year following the merger until [[Dell, Inc.|Dell Computer Corp]] (now Dell, Inc.) regained the top spot. HP's services lost market share to [[IBM]] but its printer division remained profitable.
[[Image:Forest_Of_Stars.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of A Forest of Stars.]]
On January 7, 2004, at a meeting with Congressional members, Fiorina said, "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore. We have to compete for jobs as a nation."<ref>{{cite news
Five years after attacking human-colonized worlds of the Spiral Arm, the enigmatic hydrogues maintain absolute control over the galaxy's gas giant planets. On Earth, the corrupt government is exploiting the crisis, tightening an iron grip on rebellious colonies while seeking to dominate the other humans throughout the galaxy. Earth's alien "friends", the seemingly gentle Ildirans, are secretly abducting and breeding people in enforced sex camps. And the government is using military robots to build cybernetic legions to fight the war, robots that have exterminated their own makers and may turn on mankind.
|author=Jim Puzzanghera
|title=Coalition of High-Tech Firms to Urge Officials to Help Keep U.S. Competitive
|date=January 8, 2004
|publisher=San Jose Mercury News (Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|author=Drew Cullen
|title=US tech industry stands up for overseas jobs
|date=January 8, 2004
|publisher=The Register
|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/08/us_tech_industry_stands_up/
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|author=Carolyn Lochhead
|title=Tech bosses defend overseas hiring / Intel, HP chiefs warn that U.S. needs to improve education system
|date=January 8, 2004
|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/08/MNGDI45PV01.DTL
}}</ref> Her statements angered Bay Area workers who felt that low wages overseas encouraged corporations to use less-qualified offshore workers instead of well-qualified locals.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Carolyn Lochhead
|title=Economists back tech industry's overseas hiring / Workers deny U.S. lacks qualified staff
|date=January 9, 2004
|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle
|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/09/MNG6C46T0M1.DTL
}}</ref> Fiorina responded to this criticism by publishing a clarifying op-ed piece in the [[Wall Street Journal]].<ref>{{cite news
|author=Carly Fiorina
|title=Be Creative, Not Protectionist
|date=February 13, 2004
|publisher=The Wall Street Journal
|url=http://www.truthabouttrade.org/article.asp?id=1340
}}</ref>
Five years ago, humans thought they ruled the cosmos. Today they're the galaxy's most endangered species. But when an incredible new race of elemental entities suddenly appear, they destroy all known balances of power. For these beings have suffered genocide for millions of years and are seeking to annihilate all living things.
Fiorina was named in the [[Time 100]] for 2004.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Sarah H. Wright
|title=Four earn place in Time
|date=April 13, 2005
|publisher=MIT News Office
|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/time100-0413.html
}}</ref>
Now for the humans and the myriad alien factions in the universe, the real war is about to begin.
===Departure===
As HP's performance slowed, the Board of Directors became increasingly concerned. In early January 2005, the HP Board of Directors presented Fiorina with a four-page list of issues the board had with Fiorina's performance.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Pui-Wing Tam
|title=H-P's Board Ousts Fiorina as CEO
|date=February 10, 2005
|publisher=The Wall Street Journal
|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB110795431536149934.html
}}</ref> A week after the meeting, the plan was leaked to the Wall Street Journal.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Pui-Wing Tam
|title=Hewlett-Packard Board Considers A Reorganization --- Management Moves Stem From Performance Concerns; Helping Fiorina `Succeed'
|date=January 24, 2005
|publisher=The Wall Street Journal
|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB110652096353733547.html
}}</ref> The board proposed a plan to shift her authority to HP division heads, which Fiorina resisted.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Peter Burrows and Ben Elgin
|title=The Surprise Player Behind The Coup At HP
|date=March 14, 2005
|publisher=BusinessWeek
|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_11/b3924044_mz011.htm
}}</ref>
===Book 3: Horizon Storms (2004)===
On [[9 February]] [[2005]], Carly Fiorina was dismissed as chairman and chief executive officer of HP. "While I regret the board and I have differences about how to execute HP's strategy, I respect their decision," Fiorina said in a statement. "HP is a great company and I wish all the people of HP much success in the future." She was replaced by [[Patricia C. Dunn]] as chairman and Robert Wayman as CEO.<ref>{{cite press release
[[Image:Horizon_Storms.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Horizon Storms.]]
| publisher = HP
The titanic war between hydrogues - powerful aliens that live within gas-giant planets - and faeros, fiery creatures inhabiting suns, continues to sweep across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns and destroying planets. It is a time when Chairman Basil Wenceslas of the Terran Hanseatic League and his figurehead King Peter must unify all branches of the human race to stand together against the threat even if they must resort to deception and oppression to do so.
| date = February 9, 2005
| title = HP Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina Steps Down
| url = http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2005/050209a.html
}}
</ref> Hewlett-Packard's stock jumped 7% on news of her departure.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Paul R. La Monica
|title=Fiorina out, HP stock soars
|date=February 10, 2005
|publisher=CNN/Money
|url=http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/09/technology/hp_fiorina/index.htm
}}</ref>
But the freedom-loving Roamer clans and the forest-dwelling people of Theroc, whose "green priests" can communicate across vast distances through a network of sentient worldtrees, will not give up their independence so easily.
Under Hewlett-Packard's severance agreement, Carly Fiorina received a US $21 million in cash, which was 2.5 times her base annual salary.<ref>{{cite news
|title=HP To Pay Fiorina $21 Million Severance Package
|date=February 14, 2005
|publisher=ECommerce Times
|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050218232358/http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/40594.html
}}</ref> On March 8, 2006, two large institutional investors filed suit against Hewlett-Packard for violating its own severance cap when it doled out a multimillion-dollar payment to Fiorina as part of her termination agreement.<ref>
{{cite news
|author=Roy Mark
|title=HP Stockholders After Fiorina Severance
|date= March 9, 2006
|publisher=InternetNews.com
|url=http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3590391
}}</ref>
The iron-fist policies of Chairman Wenceslas force the disparate civilizations to forge alliances of their own, creating turmoil that may break human civilization apart, as surely as the destructive Hydrogues will.
==Post-HP activities==
Partly as a distraction from their peril, partly as a desperate hope, the Hanseatic League launches an ambitious new colonization program using the new network of alien transportals, instantaneous gateways that take hardy pioneers to settle new worlds once abandoned by the ancient insectlike Klikiss race. But the new territory comes with its own dangers and deeply buried mysteries.
In a commencement address at the [[North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University]] on May 7, 2005, Fiorina said: "The worst thing I could have imagined happened. I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here. I am at peace and my soul is intact. I could have given it away and the story would be different."<ref>{{cite news
|title=Fiorina's Commencement Address
|date=May 9, 2005
|publisher=BusinessWeek
|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2005/tc2005059_6954.htm
}}</ref>
In the ancient Ildiran Empire, Jora'h - the newly crowned Mage-Imperator - must face the awful responsibilities and sinister secrets his predecessors have imposed upon him: from the extensive breeding program forced upon a colony of hopeless human captives, to a surprising and uneasy pact with the beetle-like Klikiss robots that could result in the total extinction of the human race. But Jora'h must also survive a threat no other Mage-Imperator has faced in ten thousand years - open rebellion among the Ildirans, an astonishing civil war and a challenge to his rule that could break apart the entire Empire.
Fiorina holds positions on the board of trustees of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and the Foundation Board of the [[World Economic Forum]]. She is an Honorary Fellow of the [[London Business School]].<ref>{{cite web
| title=Former Executive Bios: Carleton S. Fiorina
| url=http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/bios/fiorina.html
| accessdate=2006-01-16
}}</ref>
===Book 4: Scattered Suns (2005)===
In early September [[2005]], Fiorina was named a director at [[Revolution Health Group]], a venture formed by [[Steve Case]].<ref>{{cite news
|title=Fiorina joins Case's company
|date=September 9, 2005
|publisher=CNN/Money
|url=http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/09/news/newsmakers/case_fiorina/index.htm
}}</ref> In October [[2005]], Fiorina joined the board of computer security company [[Cybertrust]].<ref>{{cite press release
|title=Carly Fiorina Joins Cybertrust Board of Directors
|date=October 27, 2005
|url=http://www.trusecure.com/pr_events/press_releases/2005/10/27/
}}</ref> In April 2006, Fiorina joined the board of directors for [[TSMC]] (Taiwan). Fiorina is an independent TSMC board member and serves on the audit and compensation committees.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Carly Fiorina joins board of chip maker TSMC
|author=Dan Nystedt
|date=April 6, 2006
|publisher=Network World
|url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/040606-fiorina-joins-board-tsmc.html
}}
</ref>
[[Image:Scattered_Suns.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Scattered Suns.]]
===Book tour===
The destructive Hydrogues continue their war against humans and the fiery entities, the Faeros -a struggle that kills planets and extinguishes whole stars. Newly crowned Mage-Imperator Jora'h, the leader of the ancient and vast Ildiran Empire, struggles with the knowledge that the Hydrogues are only willing to give them peace if they help destroy the humans. But Jora'h's empire is destroying itself from within, when his mad brother launches a bloody rebellion across the Ildiran planets, appointing Jora'h's own first-born son as its leader.
In the Terran Hanseatic League, Chairman Basil Wenceslas continues his red-herring war against the Roamer clans, eager to achieve a decisive victory, even against a supposed enemy that poses no threat. Their homes destroyed, the wandering Roamers scatter into hiding, trying to keep their culture and government intact, even when faced with enemies from all sides.
On [[9 October]][[2006]], Fiorina released her book, ''Tough Choices: A Memoir'', about her career and her views on such issues as what constitutes a leader, how women can thrive in business and the role technology will continue to play in reshaping our world. She then launched a book tour, with seveal appearances scheduled for [[Silicon Valley]] locations.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15805237.htm On home turf, Fiorina feted] October 20, 2006 </ref> On [[10 October]] [[2006]] while she was interviewed on the [[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose Show]], Fiorina asserted that her leadership was strong throughout, and that the Compaq merger was well conceived, but misunderstood by the Board.<ref>{{cite interview
Cesca Peroni, leader of the Roamers, finds herself stranded on a small icy outpost where miners have uncovered a hibernating army of alien Klikiss robots. Once released, these robots trigger another dark and ancient plot, one that could lead to a massacre across all human-inhabited planets. In a galaxy torn by war, treachery, and shifting alliances, it is clear that many of the races are untrustworthy, and that they are likely to turn on each other.
| last=Fiorina
| first=Carly
| date=October 10, 2006
| interviewer=Charlie Rose
| url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6934902813120610948
| title=The Charlie Rose Show
}}</ref>
===Book 5: Of Fire And Night (July 2006)===
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal during her book tour, Fiorina said she is considering a political career or some form of "public service." She is also open to becoming CEO of another public company.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Alan Murray and George Anders
|title=Fiorina Says Her Next Role May Involve Politics
|date=October 10, 2006
|publisher=The Wall Street Journal
|url=http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB116044122018187595.html
}}</ref>
[[Image:Of_Fire_And_Night.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Of Fire and Night.]]
==Personal life==
The extermination of mankind is at hand. In a war against alien races, killer robots, and elemental beings, Earth slips deeper into desperation. The Terran government always knew the hydrogues were a vicious enemy bent on humanity’s destruction, but they didn’t predict how many other factions would turn against them.
* Fiorina's father, [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2234 Joseph T. Sneed III], was a constitutional law scholar and is a federal judge. Her mother Madelon Juergens Sneed was a portrait and abstract artist, and she has two siblings.
With his increasingly irrational leadership, Chairman Basil Wenceslas has driven humanity into a corner. The Chairman’s punitive treatment of Hansa colonies and free-spirited Roamers, as well as his refusal to aid the burned forest world of Theroc, has made enemies all around. Enemies that Earth cannot afford.
* Married first husband Todd, a Stanford classmate, in June 1977.
Earth’s own Soldier compies have rebelled, taking over much of the military, stealing ships and slaughtering crews across the galaxy. Even our staunch allies the Ildirans, led by Mage-Imperator Jora’h, are secretly scheming with the hydrogues to exterminate the human race.
As the war continues to go badly for Earth, the remaining factions of humanity plan for their own salvation. Worldtrees allied with “green priests” on Theroc have rallied hulking, thorny tree battleships, while Roamers work with powerful water entities, the wentals, to seed scattered planets with a growing force to challenge the hydrogues.
* In 1985, she married [[AT&T]] executive Frank J. Fiorina (he opted for early retirement in 1998). It was her second marriage and she helped to raise her two stepdaughters Traci and Lori Ann. They attempted to have children together but, as Fiorina puts it: "that wasn't God's plan."<ref>{{cite news
|author=Joann S. Lublin and Rebecca Blumenstein
|title=In the Upscale Fiorina Family, She's the CEO and He's Home but she enjoys the simple life
|date=July 22, 1999
|publisher=Wall Street Journal
|url=http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/success/19990728-lublin.html
}}</ref>
After Chairman Wenceslas has alienated and cut off so many potential allies, it seems clear that Earth is not well defended, and that it may be destroyed.
* Lives in [[Washington, DC]] and [[Los Altos Hills, California]].
===Book 6: Metal Swarm (Due out December 2007)[http://www.wordfire.com/seven.html]===
==Further reading==
[[Image:Metal_Swarm.JPG|thumb|150px|right|Cover image of Metal Swarm.]]
* Anders, George. ''Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard''. New York: Penguin Group, 2003. ISBN 1-59184-003-1.
* Burrows, Peter. ''Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard''. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-47126-765-1.
* Fiorina, Carly. ''Tough Choices: A Memoir''. Portfolio Hardcover, 2006. (hardcover: ISBN 1-59184-133-X, abridged audiobook: ISBN 0-14305-907-6)
The alien hydrogues have been defeated, driven back into the cores of their gas-giant planets by an alliance of the Earth Defence Forces, the ancient Ildiran Empire, the gypsy-like Roamer clans and fantasic water elemental beings as well as gigantic living 'treeships'. But as the various factions try to pick up the pieces and recover, the deep-seated wounds may be fatal. The Hansa's brutal Chairman Basil Wenceslas struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the green priests on Theroc, the Roamer clans and an ever-growing number of breakaway colonies who have declared their independence.
==Notes==
<references />
Like jackals smelling wounded prey, swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships. A race of capricious and terrifying fiery elementals, the faeros, has joined with an Ildiran madman to declare war against all life. And the original, voracious Klikiss race - long thought to be extinct - have returned, intent on conquering their former worlds and willing to annihilate anyone who happens to be in the way.
===Final Book 7: The Ashes of Worlds (Due out in 2008)===
==Timeline==
Ca. 1940's - Ildirans discover Klikiss robots on Hyrillka ice moons.
2100 - ''Peary'', ''Balboa'', ''Marco Polo''; first 'Generation' ships to depart from Earth.
2103 - ''Burton'', ''Caillie'' depart.
2104 - ''Amundsen'' departs.
2106 - ''Clark'', ''Vichy'' depart.
2109 - ''Stroganov'' departs.
2110 - ''Abel-Wexler'' departs.
2113 - ''Kanaka'' departs, last Generation ship.
2196 - ''Kanaka'' leaves colony at Meyer rubble belt; becomes Rendezvous.
2200 - Christian Gellar made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2215 - Roseanna Burke made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2221 - King Ben crowned on Earth.
2223 - William Danforth Pape made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2230 - Mage-Imperator Yura'h ascends.
2243 - Malcolm Stannis made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2244 - Ildirans encounter ''Caillie''; Theroc established as colony.
2245 - Ildirans come to Earth, search for more Generation ships.
2247 - ''Kanaka'' found, settlers taken to Iawa.
2249 - Compy OX returns to Earth.
Thara Wen (14 years old) becomes the first to 'take the green'.
2250 - Roamers begin skymining operations at Daym and elsewhere.
2253 - Francine Meyer made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2254 - Dobro experiments begin.
First Klikiss ruins (Llaro) reported by Madeliene Robinson.
Theroc officially delcares its independence from the Hansa.
King Ben poisoned; King George crowned.
2270 - Adam Cho made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2274 - King Christopher crowned.
2291 - Bertram Goswell made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2298 - Regan Chalmers made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2299 - Sandra Abel-Wexler made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2307 - King Jack crowned.
2315 - Clare Faso made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2323 - King Bartholomew crowned.
2337 - Mage-Imperator Yura'h dies; Cyroc'h ascends.
2338 - Miguel Byron made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2347 - Tam Charles Wicinsky made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2352 - Uthair and Lia Theron born.
2357 - Bram Tamblyn born.
2359 - Caleb Tamblyn born.
Robert Roberts II made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2360 - Andrew Tamblyn born.
2363 - Wynn and Torin tamblyn born.
2367 - Kelly Kirk made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2372 - Alexa Theron born.
2373 - Uthair and Lia Theron become Father and Mother of Theroc.
2375 - Yarrod Theron born.
2376 - Karla Baker born.
2380 - Maureen Fitzpatrick made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2381 - King Frederick crowned.
2389 - Ronald Palomar made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2390 - Margaret and Louis Colicos married.
2397 - Ross Tamblyn born.
2400 - Idriss and Alexa married.
2402 - Reynald Theron born.
Jess Tamblyn born.
2403 - Beneto Theron born. Uthair and Lia Theron retire.
2406 - Sarein Theron born.
Basil Wenceslas made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2408 - Nira Khali born.
2411 - Tasia Tamblyn born.
2413 - Raymod Aguerra born.
2415 - Estarra Theron born.
2417 - Celli Theron born.
2427 - Oncier ignited with Klikiss Torch.
Ross Tamblyn dies.
King Peter crowned.
==See also==
* [[Species of 'Saga of the Seven Suns'|Races and Species]]
* Characters: [[Ildirans]], [[Humans in 'Saga of Seven Suns'|Humans]]
* [[Planets of 'Saga of the Seven Suns'|Planets]]
* [[Ships of 'Saga of the Seven Suns|Ships]]
* [[Saga of Seven Suns Species List|Species List]]
==External links==
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*[http://www.carlyfiorina.com Carly Fiorina official website]
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*[http://www.globalleadersindia.com Biography From Global Leaders India Summit 2006]
*[http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-5571763.html ZDNet - Video Timeline of Fiorina's Tenure]
*[http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/speakers/speaker.cfm?SpeakerId=4282 Biography at Washington Speakers Bureau]
*[http://www.globalleadersevents.com/event-speakers/Carly-Fiorina.cfm Summary Biography from Global Leaders]
*[http://www.wordfire.com Kevin J. Anderson's web site]
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*[http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/96/ Carly Fiorina's Keynote Speech at MIT, 2002]
* [http://freesfonline.de/authors/andersonkj.html Kevin J. Anderson's online fiction] at ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''
*[http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/7/hp 2006 Separate videos of Fiorina and Dunn after HP pretexting scandal] October 8, 2006
*[http://boards.theforce.net/Authors_&_Artists/b10347/5816881/?112 Kevin J. Anderson discussion at theforce.net Message Boards]
*[http://www.forbes.com/leadership/2006/10/11/leadership-Fiorina-HP-lead-manage-cx_hc_1011fiorina.html Carly Fiorina's Future] October 11, 2006
*[http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/authors_a-c/kevin_j_anderson.html Saga of Seven Suns quizzes at Funtrivia.com]
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