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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. In later work, Ben Bova proved himself in the sci-fi thriller arena, however early on Bova was the equivalent of a sci-fi Cussler. Privateers is a hokum sci-fi actioner with plenty of hijinx on terra firma, the Moon and in-between. It's a wildly speculative alternate future, with the central character from PowerSat (no previous reading required) in a James Bond style role - women, confidence and a large does of heroic courage. Privateers is an entertaining read, not Bova's later style, however a page turner none-the-less. (  ) SonicQuack | Oct 8, 2009 |  Just about he best of Bova's work. the USA has crumbled to the USSRs doominece in space but the third world nations resist and eventually rally around the american hero's daring action to regain control of the advantages of industry in space. ( ) reading_fox | Oct 30, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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The U.S. has abandoned its quest for the stars, and an old enemy has moved in to fill the void. The potential wealth of the universe is now in malevolent hands. Rebel billionaire Dan Randolph -- possessor of the largest privately owned company in space -- intends to weaken the stranglehold the new despotic masters of the solar system have on the lucrative ore industry. But when the mineral-rich asteroid he sets in orbit around the Earth is commandeered by the enemy, and his unarmed workers are slaughtered in cold blood, the course of Randolph's life is changed forever. Now cataclysm is aimed at the exposed heart of America -- a potential catastrophe that Randolph himself inadvertently set in motion. And the maverick entrepreneur must use his skills, cunning, and vast resources to strike out at his foes hard, fast and with ruthless precision -- and wear proudly the mantle that fate thrust upon him: space pirate!
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