Mission To Methone, Les Johnson
Mission To Methone, Les Johnson
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Mission To Methone

Author: Les Johnson

Narrator: Robert Rossmann

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/28/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

The year is 2065 and an accidental encounter in space leads to the discovery that we are not alone in the universe—and that our continued existence as a species may be in jeopardy.

Chris Holt, working in his office at the Space Resources Corporation, discovers that one of the asteroids he is surveying for mining is actually not an asteroid at all but a derelict spaceship. The word gets out and soon the world's powers are competing to explore and claim for themselves the secrets that it holds.

What they don't know is that across the galaxy, a war has been underway for millennia. A war between alien civilizations that have very different ideas about what should be done about emerging spacefaring civilizations like our own. The artificial intelligence resident in the derelict Holt discovered has been in our solar system since before the dawn of human civilization, watching, waiting and keeping quiet lest the interstellar war return and wipe out the sentient race that now resides there—humanity.

And that war might soon be again coming to our front door. The truth can only be discovered on Methone, a tiny, egg-shaped moon of the planet Saturn. Who will get there first? And will it be in time?

About Les Johnson

Les Johnson is a NASA physicist and author. By day, he serves as the senior technical assistant for the Advanced Concepts Office at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In the early 2000s, he was NASA's manager for interstellar propulsion research and later managed the In-Space Propulsion Technology Project. He was technical consultant for the movie Lost in Space and has appeared on the Discovery Channel series Physics of the Impossible in the "How to Build a Starship" episode. He has also appeared in three episodes of the Science Channel series Exodus Earth. He is the author of Rescue Mode, coauthored with Ben Bova, as well as Back to the Moon and On to the Asteroid, both coauthored with Travis S. Taylor. He is coeditor of the science/science fiction collection Going Interstellar.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 29, 2024

This is exactly the brand of Science Fiction I've been looking for! This book mixes Hard Science Fiction with the more pulpy elements of Space Opera. It is exactly the type of Sci-Fi book I'd expect from Les Johnson. First of all, this book has a pretty awesome premise, and that premise is delievere......more

Goodreads review by L.A.L. on September 28, 2020

I liked it. This was a traditional sci-fi story with an emphasis on the hard sciences. Les Johnson, a real-life NASA scientist, really brought this space adventure to life. 3.75 stars rounded up to 4. The main character, Chris Holt, is almost a stereotypical scientist. Dr. Holt is on the autism spect......more

Goodreads review by Dana on October 16, 2024

I think I’d give this novel 3.5 stars. I was really hopeful I’d get a great hard Sci-fi story from this author as he is a NASA physicist. I liked the realism of the space travel, in the beginning, and overall I liked the story. The characters were ok, but I think if you’re going to have a straightfo......more

Goodreads review by Sue on May 07, 2023

The premise of this novel is good and I really did enjoy it, but the ending fell flat, and I changed my rating from 4⭐️s to 3⭐️s. Alien contact, alien technology lead to international conflict. It is more complicated than that, but the racial bias hits a sour note. I liked the science fiction aspect......more

Goodreads review by Dan on November 03, 2017

Pretty good, I look forward to the next book, whenever it comes out. Well worth having bought the eARC.......more