Titan (Sci Fi Essential Books) Book

2095. After long months of travel, the gigantic colony ship Goddard has at last made orbit around Saturn, carrying a population of more than ten thousand dissidents and visionaries seeking a new life. Among Goddard+s missions is the study of Saturn+s moon Titan, which offers the possibility that life may exist amid its windswept islands and chill black seas.When the exploration vessel Titan Alpha mysteriously fails after reaching the moon+s surface, long-buried tensions surface among the colonists. Eduoard Urbain, the mission+s chief scientist, is wracked with despair as he sees his life+s work unravel. Malcolm Eberly, Goddard+s chief administrator, takes ruthless measures to hold onto power as a rash of suspicious incidents undermine him. Holly Lane, the colony+s HR director, must confront the station+s leaders to protect the lives of its people. And retired astronaut Manuel Gaeta is forced to risk his life in a last, desperate attempt to salvage the lost probe.With Titan, Ben Bova takes readers to one of the most intriguing destinations in near space: the extraordinary moon of Saturn which made international headlines last year when the Huygens probe sent back remarkable images of its strange landscapes.Read More