Privateers
The Grand Tour Series, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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Written by:
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Ben Bova
About this listen
America has ceded the heavens to the tyrants - and the renegades.
The US 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!
©1985 Ben Bova (P)2021 Blackstone PublishingWhat listeners say about Privateers
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Martin S.
- 2022-07-19
Rudnecki Rocks!
What if Russia won the space race and the Cold War? Bovo provides a look at a very different version of our world, with the Soviets dominating both land and space…although one American is expat plans to change all that, one way or another.
Story drags in parts when the sci-fi gets “hard,” which is not my bag, but it has an interesting premise. The narration of Stefan Rudnecki is the only reason I finished the book, for sure.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Martin Halliday
- 2023-04-04
Dated and not engaging enough
This is not the best work by Ben Bova, but the excellent vocal performance made it tolerable. If you want to complete the Grand Tour set, go ahead and listen, it’s only 12 hours. The story plot, ethics and science are all very dated, but the characters are interesting, and the writing is quality.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- steve ririani
- 2023-06-07
No worth it
I cant recall a less pleasant book. Imperialists mouth piece that has nothing but stereotypes in it.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- So About That
- 2024-05-02
Remarkable in its boring depth
Just never gets going. I'm a Bova fan but this book left me snoozing repeatedly. It is more of a propaganda vehicle than a serious work of fiction. I happen to embrace his ideology (mostly) but I get fiction for fun, and this ain't that.
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