Description
Brilliant, driven, visionary, former astronaut Paul Stavanger seizes his chance to colonize the last frontier, creating a viable, flourishing, nearly self-sufficient community at Moonbase. And when his son Douglas comes of age, his determination to carry on where his father left off brings him to Moonbase, and a crisis that can only be resolved by his triumph - or its destruction.
Harsh, dangerous, strangely beautiful, the Moon becomes a living presence, leading the Stavangers and their enemies onwardds to glory, to disaster and ultimately, to a new future for mankind.
The epic story of the first permanent human settlement on the moon
About the Author
An award-winning editor, President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Ben Bova is also the author of more than ninety futuristic novels and non-fiction books. He and his wife live in Florida.
Reviews
Heady oxygen is breathed into old bones as Bova colonises the Moon. * Scotland on Sunday, 15.12.96 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780340682494
Author Ben Bova
Format Paperback
Page Count 613
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Series The Moonbase Saga
Weight(grams) 309g
Dimensions(mm) 179mm * 111mm * 35mm