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Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong. An experimental low-orbit space plane breaks up on re-entry, falling to Earth over a trail hundreds of miles long. In the wake of this disaster is the beginning of the most important mission in the history of space. The world needs energy, and Dan Randolph is determined to provide it. He dreams of an array of geosynchronous powersats, satellites that gather solar energy and beam it to generators on Earth, breaking the power of the oil cartels forever. But, the wreck of the space plane has left his company, Astro Manufacturing, on the edge of bankruptcy. Worse, Dan discovers that the plane worked perfectly right up until the moment that saboteurs knocked it out of the sky. And whoever brought it down is willing and able to kill again to keep Astro grounded. Now, Dan must thread a maze of corporate revivals, former allies, and bureaucratic hostility. Making matters worse, an international organisation of terrorists has figured out how to use the power satellite as a weapon in their war against the West. A sweeping mix of space, murder, romance, politics, secrets, and betrayal, "Powerseat" will take you to the edge of space and the dawning of a new world.
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" Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." -- "Los Angeles"" Daily News"
" Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." -- "The New York Times "on "Venus"
" Hard-charging... Bova keeps the pages turning." - "Publishers Weekly" on "The Rock Rats"
"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." --"Los Angeles"" Daily News"
"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." --"The New York Times "on "Venus"
"Hard-charging Bova keeps the pages turning." -"Publishers Weekly" on "The Rock Rats"
Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction. "Los Angeles Daily News"
Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways. "The New York Times on Venus"
Hard-charging Bova keeps the pages turning. "Publishers Weekly on The Rock Rats""
"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." --Los Angeles Daily News
"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." --The New York Times on Venus
"Hard-charging... Bova keeps the pages turning." --Publishers Weekly on The Rock Rats
About the Author
Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0765315661
- ISBN 13 9780765315663
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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