Uranus / Ben Bova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bova, Ben, 1932-2020, author.

Series:

Bova, Ben, 1932-2020. Outer planets trilogy ; bk. 1.

Outer planets trilogy ; book 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space stations--Fiction.

Space stations.

Uranus (Planet).

Space colonies--Fiction.

Space colonies.

Life on other planets--Fiction.

Life on other planets.

Uranus (Planet)--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

380 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Tor, 2020.

Summary:

A religious idealist, a billionaire financier, and a prestigious scientist battle for control over a space mission to search for life on Uranus.

Humans can't live on the gas giants, making instead a life in orbit. Kyle Umber, a religious idealist, has built Haven, a privately financed orbital habitat above Uranus. He invites "the tired, the sick, the poor" of Earth to his orbital retreat where men and women can find spiritual peace and refuge from the world. The billionaire who financed Haven, however, has his own designs. Beyond the reach of the laws of the inner planets Haven could become the center for an interplanetary web of narcotics, prostitution, even hunting human prey. A scientist arrives to drop remote probes into the "oceans" of Uranus in search of life. He brings journalists and government oversight to Haven-- and they can't have that. -- adapted from jacket

Notes:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

ISBN:

9781250296542

1250296544

OCLC:

1165363669

Publisher Number:

99985053517