Author

Publication

1996 - Avon Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

104,250 words, Guess

Page Count

417 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing67706

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3552.O84 M66 1996
  • LCCPS3552.O84M66 1996

Description

From back cover Avon paperback March 1998: There is a dream called Moonbase, nurtured by ex-astronaut Paul Stavenger and his wife, Joanna Masterson Stavenger; head of hte powerful Masterson Corporation. There is a future of astonishing possibilities and vital technological development waiting on a lifeless world of astonishing contrasts, where sub-frigid darkness abuts the blood-boiling light -- a future threatened by greed and jealousy, insanity and murder. The Moon and its mysteries have captivated the Stavenger family, and it will continue to exert its pull upon subsequent generations. For all those who experience its magnificent desolation are haunted by it eternally. Some will be doomed by its pitiless aversion to human life. And some can never leave.

First Sentence

"Magnificent desolation." Paul Stavenger always spoke those words whenever he stepped out onto the bare dusty surface of the Moon.

Description

A novel on the technological advances and corporate intrigues--including murder--of Masterson Aerospace. The company operates a moon base and is one of the beneficiaries of the privatization of space by the U.S. government.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • MoonriseAvon Books1996-01-01

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