The Kinsman Saga

ISBN: 1482910837

Author: Ben Bova

Condition: New

Review ''Bova's complete revision of two earlier novels, Kinsman and Millennium, presents a vision of Earth's near future that will appeal to readers of military sf.'' --Library Journal''[Bova is] not only at the forefront of hard SF writers but one who can write a novel of character with the best of them.'' --Orson Scott Card, author Product Description [Read by Stefan Rudnicki] Hero or killer? In a startling future that's coming closer every year, Chet Kinsman is an astronaut ace who has done everything one can in space - including commit the first murder. It's a secret he can never escape, not even on the moon, where he's head of the first US lunar colony. A series of shocking yet strangely inevitable circumstances will force Kinsman to confront his hidden past and decide Earth's destiny. In a desperate countdown to nuclear annihilation, Kinsman will struggle against a deadly dilemma: if he rescues the world, he risks destroying himself. About the Author BEN BOVA, six-time winner of science fiction's Hugo Award, is the author of over 120 futuristic novels and nonfiction books. A former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni, he is also president emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. In 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award.