Los módulos mortíferos

Catalog Note "Los Módulos Mortíferos" by Ralph Barby is a Spanish-language science fiction novel published by Editorial Bruguera in 1982 (part of the "La Conquista del Espacio" series, no. 630). The narrative follows Carles Bruc, an independent spacefarer in debt to the unscrupulous banker Awog, who controls galactic commerce through the universal currency unisoles. Desperate to avoid losing his spacecraft, Bruc accepts a risky business proposition: purchasing surplus habitat modules at discount from the failing Ou-House corporation, then reselling them to pioneer prospectors on the harsh planet Fomea. The text establishes a far-future setting with genetic engineering, androids, and multi-planetary commerce, interspersed with flirtation between Bruc and Groika, Awog's genetically-modified secretary. OCR quality degrades significantly partway through; remaining plot details become difficult to discern.