Able One, Ben Bova
Able One, Ben Bova
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Able One

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki; Directed by Judy Young

Unabridged: 9 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/02/2010


Synopsis

When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space, the resulting shock wave destroys most of the worlds satellites, throwing global communication into chaos. U.S. military satellites, designed to withstand such an assault, show that two more missiles are sitting on launch pads in North Korea, ready to be deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear attack, the United States has only one possible defense: Able One. ABL1, or Able One, is a modified 747 fitted with a high powered laser able to knock out missiles in flight. But both the lasers technology and the jets crew is untested. What was originally a training flight with a skeleton crew turns into a desperate race to destroy the two remaining nukes. Will Able Ones experimental technology be enough to prevent World War IIIespecially when it becomes clear that a saboteur is on board? Able One is a timely thrillride by one of science fictions most respected novelists.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

Solid story and good pacing. =)......more

Goodreads review by Chris

I've been a big fan of Bova's scifi, so I went ahead and picked this one up when I saw it on the library shelf. This is Bova's foray into the military thriller genre, and, after reading it, my conclusion is that he should leave that genre to Larry Bond, Dale Brown, et al, and stick to writing sci-fi......more

Goodreads review by Amoxy

Been enjoying Bova lately, but this books seems like it was written in the '50's instead of the 21st century. Thin plot, racist and sexist slurs. Just not an easy read......more