The Silent War, Ben Bova
The Silent War, Ben Bova
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The Silent War
Book III of The Asteroid Wars

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Amanda Karr, Christian Noble

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2005

Synopsis

Ben Bova's The Silent War is the breakneck continuation to The Asteroid Wars series that can end only in earth's salvation--or the annihilation of all that humankind has ever accomplished in space.

When corporations go to war, standard business practice goes out the window. Astro Corporation is led by indomitable Texan Pancho Lane, Humphries Space Systems by the rich and ruthless Martin Humphries, and their fight is over nothing less than resources of the Asteroid Belt itself. Fighting escalates and the lines between commerce and politics, boardroom and bedroom, blur—and the keys to victory will include physics, nanotechnology, and cold hard cash.

It's a breakneck finale that can end only in earth's salvation—or the annihilation of all that humankind has ever accomplished in space.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Transhuman, Orion, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award “for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature” in 2008.Dr. Bova was 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. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more.In addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America’s first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City’s Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.

About Amanda Karr

Amanda Karr is an award-winning actress and director. In addition to television appearances on The Guardian and Days of Our Lives, Amanda has played Zelda Fitzgerald in the critically acclaimed musical Tender. On audio, she can be heard as the voice of Ender's cyber-friend, Jane, and as Pancho Lane in Ben Bova's Planet series.

About Christian Noble

Christian Noble's narration credits include several Ben Bova titles, including The Rock Rats, Jupiter, and Silent War. His film appearances include Human Desires, Sorceress II: The Temptress, The Killing Jar, and South Beach.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on July 28, 2011

Rather disappointing in the characterization department, and the story seems to be stilted. Bova writes clean, crisp, hard SF, but when the characters aren't right, that's not enough. A lot of incoherent thought and action. I also find it difficult to buy that a raving maniac could ever reach the po......more

Goodreads review by AndrewP on March 20, 2018

Book three in the Asteroid Wars sub series and tenth overall in the Grand Tour series. Following on from the events told in The Rock Rats, the two mega corporations continue vying for control of the asteroid belts resources. Because the corporations control a lot of the media, little information abou......more

Goodreads review by Christian on April 28, 2012

The Silent War by Ben Bova is the final book in the Asteroid Wars series, following The Precipice and The Rock Rats. This book is action-packed, with the novel chronicling the Second Asteroid War between Humphries Space Systems and Astro Corporation. However, the book actually dedicates little time......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on January 09, 2018

I nearly knocked it down to three stars, as the on-going war combined with multiple plot lines to drive me to distraction in this novel's middle section. Luckily, the emotional stakes were considerably raised in the third act, and Martin Humphries remains one of the most deliciously vile & despicabl......more

Goodreads review by Andy on June 22, 2017

Pretty much continues from where The Rock Rats left off....the characters that Bova developed so well in the first two asteroid war books continue to battle for the riches of the asteroid belt, as well as resolve their personality differences in various ways. Humphries, Astro Corporation, and Yamaga......more

Quotes

“...the Asteroid Wars is vintage Bova, with intrigues, hardware, and action all applied lavishly to a fast-moving story.” —Booklist on The Silent War

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