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LEADER: 02298cam a2200301 i 4500
001 2013025945
003 DLC
005 20150108080847.0
008 130722s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013025945
020 $a9780765334381 (hardback)
020 $z9781466810778 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3556.O7418$bP55 2014
082 00 $a813/.54$223
084 $aFIC031000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aForstchen, William R.
245 10 $aPillar to the sky /$cWilliam R. Forstchen.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bTor Books,$c2014.
300 $a396 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A towering epic to rank with Douglas Preston's Blasphemy and Michael Crichton's Prey... Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people can prevent global chaos. Gary Morgan--a brilliant, renegade scientist is pilloried by the scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to the sky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple and affordable. Eva Morgan--a brilliant and beautiful scientist of Ukrainian descent, she has had a lifelong obsession to build a pillar to the sky, a vertiginous tower which would mine the power of the sun and supply humanity with cheap, limitless energy forever. Gunther Rothenberg--the ancient but revered rocket-scientist who labored at Peenemunda with von Braun to create the first rockets and continued on to build those of today. A legend, he has mentored Gary and Natalia for two decades, nurturing and encouraging their transcendent vision. Franklin Smith--the eccentric Silicon Valley billionaire who will champion their cause, wage war with Congress and government bureaucracy and most important, finance their herculean undertaking. This journey to the stars will not be easy--a tumultuous struggle filled with violence and heroism, love and death, spellbinding beauty and heartbreaking betrayal. The stakes could not be higher. Humanity's salvation will hang in the balance"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 7 $aFICTION / Thrillers.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aSuspense fiction.$2gsafd