Guerra Lunar (Colecção Nébula #84)

GUERRA LUNAR de Ben Bova [Moonwar / 1997. Moonbase Saga #2] '-' A continuação de Alvorada Lunar.
Moonbase foi o sonho e a vida de Paul Stavenger. Agora é vida do seu filho, Douglas Stavenger, bem como a sua paixão e a sua prisão... Doug Stavenger e a sua equipe de cientistas, enfrentam uma terrível ameaça que pretende encerrar Moonbase.

Facções religiosas que se opõem à inovadora tecnologia lunar das nanomáquinas, convenceram as Nações Unidas a fecharem de vez Moonbase. Recorrendo à força se necessário. Doug está determinado a impedir que tal aconteça, mas se utilizar a violência para se defender, perderá o pouco apoio que ainda lhe resta. Só uma estranha combinação entre astúcia política e inocência militar, poderá salvar Moonbase e as centenas de homens e mulheres, que tudo farão para defender aquilo a que chamam lar...

Ben Bova's extraordinary Moonbase Saga continues with a breathtaking near-future adventure rich in character and incident. The action begins seven years after the indomitable Stavenger family has realized its cherished dream of establishing a colony on the inhospitable lunar surface. Moonbase is now a thriving community under the leadership of Doug Stavenger, a marvel of scientific ahievement created and supported by nanotechnology: virus-size machines that can build, cure, and destroy. But nanotechnology has been declared illegal by the home planet's leaders. And a powerful despot is determined to lay claim to Stavenger's peaceful city...or obliterate it, if necessary. The people of Moonbase--a colony with no arms or military--must now defend themselves from earth-born aggression with the only weapon at their disposal: the astonishing technology that sustains their endangered home.

Moonwar (The Grand Tour, #6) by Ben Bova --
Moonwar, the sequel to Moonrise, is a fast-paced high-tech adventure that tells the story of the fledgling lunar colony--Moonbase--and how it is now in jeopardy as political forces seek to control or destroy it. This book is the continuation of the story of Douglas Stavenger, the Kennedy-esque scion of Moonbase's founding dynasty.

While Moonbase has been flourishing under Stavenger's management, it's existence, and even Stavenger's life, both depend on nanotechnology which have been outlawed on Earth in response to a wave of luddite fear and violence. Soon, United Nations peacekeepers arrive on the moon to enforce the anti-nanotech laws, bringing with them intrepid news reporter Edith Elgin, who soon falls for Doug. Meanwhile, Doug's mother Joanna has chosen to return to Earth, but upon arrival she is held hostage by the secretary general of the UN who wants Doug to surrender his forces and more, to be killed.

Slick politicians, beautiful television anchors, and calculating corporate barons provide complex and engaging scenery: imagine Washington in the space age, with nonstop action and cool technology.

Aventura / Distopia / Drama / Ficção científica / Literatura Estrangeira / Romance / Suspense e Mistério