Starfire, Dale Brown
Starfire, Dale Brown
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Starfire

Author: Dale Brown

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/06/2014


Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown—“the best military writer in the country” (Clive Cussler)—is back with Starfire,  a masterful military thriller that explores a future all too possible and all too close: the weaponization of space.With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world’s first orbiting solar power plant.Starfire will not only deliver unlimited and inexpensive electricity anywhere on planet Earth, it can also transmit power to the moon, and even to spacecraft and asteroids. It’s a crucial first step in the exploration of the solar system, and Bradley and his team are on the cutting edge.But U.S. president Kenneth Phoenix’s plans to militarize and industrialize Earth’s orbit sparks an arms race in space that eclipses the darkest and most terrifying days of the Cold War. Before he can prevent it, Bradley and his team are caught at the center of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global conflict for control of space.

About Dale Brown

Dale Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, from Flight of the Old Dog (1987) to, most recently, Eagle Station (2020). A former U.S. Air Force captain, he can often be found flying his own plane in the skies of the United States. He lives near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela on May 05, 2014

My name is Dan Pratt and I thrilled to have been invited as a guest reviewer by Angela. I am a fan of techno-thrillers, military aerospace, and space exploration. I also have some (VERY minor) technical expertise in these areas. I am also no stranger to Dale Brown’s storytelling. In fact, the very f......more

Goodreads review by Kev on March 30, 2014

I remember reading some of Dale Brown's earlier Patrick McClanahan stories, and thinking they were a tighter, leaner version of Tom Clancy-esque stories. I only read a few of those earlier novels, but only because I got behind and didn't want to try to catch up. Starfire continues the Patrick McClana......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on April 10, 2017

Brandon McLanahan is a freshman college student trying to get a grant approved for he and his team to work on a space based power generating system. But the Russians are trying to kill him due to his father's attack on Russia fourteen years earlier. When the American president declares that the Unit......more

Goodreads review by S.B. on September 03, 2022

Although oddly structured for a thriller, and remarkably heavy on the science for a genre that's more often known for guns and technology, Starfire was a thoroughly enjoyable read. It's been a long time since I read a Patrick McClanahan novel, but Dale Brown does a great job of catching up readers b......more

Goodreads review by Clyn on August 17, 2017

This was a solid contribution to the series. I am always impressed with the imagination of the author, who over the book series has created a new and very realistic future setting for the US military and world political scene. This future is based on real headlines from actual publications about hap......more