The Silent War (The Grand Tour Book 12)

Name: The Silent War (The Grand Tour Book 12)
Price: 17.93 USD
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Rating: 4.4 (137 reviews)
Author: Ben Bova

by Ben Bova

Science Fiction

4.4 (137)

4.4 stars from 137 reviews

406 pages~6.8 hr readPublished by Tor Science FictionPublished 2004-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You enjoy hard science fiction grounded in plausible physics and near-future technology like nanotechnology and spacecraft engineering.
You like space opera with corporate intrigue, political manoeuvring, and character-driven conflict that spans multiple locations and factions.
You're a Ben Bova fan or reader of the Asteroid Wars series looking for the next instalment in this sprawling saga.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer intimate, character-focused narratives over sprawling ensemble casts juggling multiple storylines and locations.
You want standalone science fiction without needing to commit to a twelve-book series to understand the full context.
You're looking for optimistic, utopian visions of space exploration rather than conflict-driven narratives about resource competition and corporate warfare.

About this book

The Silent War continues the Asteroid Wars series, following a corporate conflict that threatens either Earth's survival or the destruction of humanity's space accomplishments. Astro Corporation, led by Texan Panoche Lane, and Humphries Space Systems, headed by Martin Humphries, battle for control of Asteroid Belt resources. As the conflict intensifies, distinctions between commerce and politics dissolve, with victory depending on physics, nanotechnology, and financial power. Thousands of lives are at stake, including rock rats who work the asteroids and residents of Selene City on the moon. The Yamagata corporation seeks to exploit the conflict for its own gain, while space pirate Lars Fuchs pursues a personal vendetta. The escalating war threatens to determine the fate of human expansion into space.

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