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America Has Ceded The Heavens To The Tyrants -- And The Renegades. The U.S. has abandoned its quest for the stars, and an old enemy has moved in to fill the void. The potential wealth of the universe is now in malevolent hands. Rebel billionaire Dan Randolph -- possessor of the largest privately owned company in space -- intends to weaken the stranglehold the new despotic masters of the solar system have on the lucrative ore industry. But when the mineral-rich asteroid he sets in orbit around the Earth is commandeered by the enemy, and his unarmed workers are slaughtered in cold blood, the course of Randolph's life is changed forever. Now cataclysm is aimed at the exposed heart of America -- a potential catastrophe that Randolph himself inadvertently set in motion. And the maverick entrepreneur must use his skills, cunning, and vast resources to strike out at his foes hard, fast and with ruthless precision -- and wear proudly the mantle that fate thrust upon him: space pirate
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0380793164
ISBN13:9780380793167
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:Harper Voyager
Length:400 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Fantastic Novel
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is a wonderful book with great character development. I found an old copy of it in my hotel on my vacation to Mexico. I didn't put it down the entire vacation. Read this book.
A fun, quick read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
OK, the story itself is now a little dated (among other things, the Soviet Union is still around), but aside from that this is a nice little brain-dead novel. Don't expect the kind of hard-SF extrapolation you'll find in most of Bova's other novels; rather, this one is more or less a James Bond movie in space, complete with over-the-top villians, femme fatales, and enough plot holes to fit an asteroid or two in. It's popcorn of the printed variety, not meant to make you think but just to have a good time. Read it on the beach.
My first Bova book - A great read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
It's not romping, wide-flung space battles or huge space-going battle ships. It takes place in the near future, on the Earth, Moon and inbetween. Sure there's politics. The `hero` is a playboy self-made millionaire. The nasty is a Russian meglomaniac. Toss in the hero's affair with the first lady, piracy in near space, and a great plot, and we have a pretty good book!
Good action packed book with different ending
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
The characters are the good guy and bad guy but in a spce setting. If you like adventure with a touch of sci-fi you'll enjoy this book. Not real heavy reading and the ending is a bit different from what I expected.
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