The Legacy of Prometheus - Softcover

Kotani, Eric; Roberts, John Maddox

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765303825 ISBN 13: 9780765303820

Publisher: Forge Books, 2002

Synopsis

Eric Kotani is a pen name used by a world class astrophysicist. He was the head of the astrophysics laboratory at the Johnson Space Center during the Apollo and Skylab missions and has since served as director of a NASA satellite observatory for fifteen years.

Kotani and John Maddox Roberts, an accomplished SF and mystery writer, join forces on Legacy of Prometheus, a thriller that tackles the biggest question the world will face in the coming century: an energy crisis.

Conventional methods for harnessing power are failing, but technology is racing to tackle the problem, seeking to generate energy with solar power. When the government announces it will guarantee a market for the first company to beam a gigawatt of energy to the planet, Cash Carlson and his Lone Star Space Systems get a jump on their rivals by constructing Prometheus, the solar powered satellite. Cash eventually teams up with the beautiful young journalist, Sachi Sasano, to play a dangerous game with desperate men. And it's not just control of the world's energy market at stake. It's also their lives.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Kotani is the pseudonym of Yoji Kondo, a Japanese-American astrophysicist who also writes science fiction works.

From Publishers Weekly

In the near future, an old-fashioned space race begins. Earth's energy crisis is coming to a head, and conventional alternative energies are falling short. There is increasing interest in the idea of high-orbit solar satellites that would collect the sun's direct, undiluted rays and beam energy down to the planet, but no one has yet successfully designed and launched one. Cash Carlson, a cowboy of the first order, hopes his Lone Star satellite will be the first. In his favor are incredible charisma, a top-drawer security expert, world-class press agents, money magicians, a mysterious computer genius known only as Max and Cash's new leading lady--a beauty with a mind for science and a love of space as great as his own. Cash has much to contend with, however: a proposition in the U.N. to internationally control any launched energy satellites; an aristocratic Frenchman--Jean-Claude Du Mont--with a severe Napoleonic complex; the leaching of funds by another competitor; and a great deal of serious sabotage, along with the usual problems of any space adventure. And looming in the skies may be an even greater threat. Dipping in and out of astrophysics lecture mode, the narration is light and fast paced. The characters are instantly recognizable but are not caricatures. While the ultimate outcome is never in any real doubt, each skirmish adds excitement, and the setting and technology are believable. With their fine storytelling skills and irredeemably good-guy hero, this space adventure from Kotani (a pseudonymous astrophysicist) and Roberts, coauthors of four novels including Act of God, will thrill even the most Earth-bound reader. (Apr.)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765303825
• ISBN 13: 9780765303820
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272