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It is the most desolate place in the universe. With a surface blasted by temperatures hotter than any oven and an atmosphere heavy with sulphur, months from Earth by even the fastest spacecraft, Venus remains almost unknown even after a century of space travel. But Alex Humphries, son of ruthless space tycoon Martin Humphries, disappeared along with his ship Phosphoros into Venus's infernal atmosphere, and now Humphries has offered ten billion dollars to anyone who can bring his son's body home. Two ships are soon racing against each other to Venus. But when they enter the poisonous hurricane winds of the unknown planet they find something so surprising, so unexepected, that it will change the whole course of space exploration.
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'A superb story by a first-class writer.' Daily Telegraph on RETURN TO MARS
The science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world. (Ray Bradbury)
A splendid book . . of his many books, Mars must be the most important. (Arthur C. Clarke on MARS)
'A superb story by a first-class writer. (Daily Telegraph on RETURN TO MARS)
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Ben Bova, author of the brilliant Mars and Moonbase sagas, turns to a new phase of space exploration for his latest enthralling novel - the first manned expeditions to the hell-like planet Venus.
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0340728469
- ISBN 13 9780340728468
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages512
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