Able One
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نقد و بررسی
North Korea has exploded a high-altitude nuclear weapon that has knocked out most of the world's satellites. This event forces the U.S. to put a top-secret weapon into operation ahead of schedule: ABL-1, a gigantic laser, mounted on a 747 airplane. The laser has not yet been tested but is theoretically capable of destroying a missile in flight. ABL-1's crew is as untested as the weapon, and to make matters worse, one of them may be a saboteur. Stefan Rudnicki keeps the pace fast as he narrates with a grim determination that fits the high tension of the story. His narration raises this techno-thriller to higher levels. G.D. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
December 21, 2009
Hugo-winner Bova (The Green Trap
) combines cutting-edge science and geopolitics in a fast-paced but flimsy near-future technothriller. When a rogue faction of the North Korean army detonates a nuclear missile in space, an electromagnetic shockwave takes out numerous satellites and cripples communications worldwide. Fearing another attack, the U.S. military launches ABL-1, a powerful but untested 747-mounted laser that should be able to destroy a missile in flight. The effort will be a baptism in fire for the skeleton crew, one of whom may be a saboteur. Meanwhile, the president struggles to respond to the crisis without starting a world war. The tense atmosphere, swiftly unfolding plot, and scientific details do little to hide a host of meaningless subplots and shallow characters, resulting in a Clancyesque tale that lacks the power and focus of Bova's better and better-known hard SF.
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