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The Rock Rats

Asteroid Wars Series, Book 2

#2 in series

by Ben Bova
Amanda Karr
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Book Two in the Asteroid Wars-continuing the saga of the struggle for the wealth of the Solar System
Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her-for Randolph's rival, Martin Humphries, still wants to control Astro and still wants to drive independent asteroid miners like Lars Fuchs out of business. Humphries wants revenge against Pancho-and, most of all, he wants his old flame, Amanda, who has become Lars Fuchs's wife. Before it ends, many will die-and many will achieve more than they ever dreamed was possible.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Grand Tour

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 26, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781593974930
      • File size: 292791 KB
      • Duration: 10:09:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      All's fair in love and war, whether on Earth or in the Asteroid Belt. Martin Humphries continues his quest to conquer all, most especially Amanda. Amanda had hoped that her marriage to Lars would make Humphries move on. Instead it has fueled his desire to have her. This full-cast performance, led by Ira Claffey and Amanda Karr, gives a spirited delivery of a fast-moving and complex plot. Characterizations developed in Book One of the series are carried over, with the exception of the transition of Amanda from a strong, accomplished woman to a timid, simpering one. Nonetheless, the audio performance is engaging, and the performers work together with facility. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      This tale of asteroid miners fighting a giant conglomerate is a classic space opera, with characters and plot portrayed in broad strokes. It centers around Lars Fuchs, an independent miner who turns pirate to battle powerful Martin Humphries. The battle is personal--Lars married Amanda, the love of Martin's life--but the fate of all the independent miners in the Asteroid Belt is at stake. A cast of nine people switching off might seem a bit excessive, but all do well at keeping the action moving. It's obvious that the story falls in the middle of a series, and the ending leaves plenty of loose ends for the next installment. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 18, 2002
      Noted space expert Bova returns to his planetary future history (Moonrise, etc.)
      in a hard-charging continuation of the battle for the Asteroid Belt begun in The Precipice
      (2001). Positing an Earth on the brink of eco-catastrophe, a recently independent moon and a frontier filled with prospectors and claim-jumpers out among the asteroids, it is a story that at first appears to be very familiar. But mixed in with the high-tech optimism and libertarian good faith are the darker elements of an older dramatic tradition. Keeping his themes classical—love, jealousy, greed—Bova gives his tale energy and focus through a love triangle that evolves into a vendetta. Lars Fuchs finds that he and new wife Amanda can't escape from the attentions of Martin Humphries, his rival for both Amanda and the Belt's mineral wealth. Trying to establish a home on Ceres, Lars and Amanda, with their fellow prospectors and miners, are threatened by increasing attacks on their property and lives. Ultimately, Lars must duel Dorik Harbin, the gunslinger sent to kill all who refuse to sign contracts with Humphries Space Systems. As in Greek tragedy, from which the author openly draws, there's no happy ending, only deception, gory murder, exile and planned revenge. Archetypal rather than well-rounded, characters suffer more from their own fatal flaws, hubris
      chief among them, than from each other's actions. Ambitiously juggling elements of space opera, western and Sophoclean drama, Bova keeps the pages turning. (Apr. 11)FYI:A past SFWA president, Bova has won six Hugo Awards.

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  • English

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