Able One [electronic resource]
Bova, Ben, 1932-2010
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When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space, the resulting shock wave destroys most of the world's satellites and all global communication. U.S. military satellites, designed to withstand such an assault, reveal two more missiles on launch pads in North Korea, ready to be deployed. Faced with the threat of a thermonuclear attack, the United States has only one possible defense: Able One. Able One, or ABL-1, is a modified 747 fitted with a high powered laser able to knock out missiles in flight. But both the laser's technology and the jet's crew are untested. What was originally a training flight with a skeleton crew turns into a desperate race to destroy the two remaining nukes. Will Able One's experimental technology be enough to prevent World War III—especially when it becomes clear that a saboteur is on board?
Main title:
Able One [electronic resource] / Ben Bova
Author:
Bova, Ben, 1932-, AuthorRudnicki, Stefan, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 9-12
Biography/History:
Ben Bova was
born in Philadelphia and received his doctorate in education from California
Coast University in 1996. The author of over 120 futuristic novels and
nonfiction books, he has also been a radio commentator, editor, lecturer, and
aerospace industry executive. His articles, opinion pieces, and reviews have
appeared in Scientific American, Nature, the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, and many other publications. His work has earned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime
Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial
Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006.
ISBN:
9781481585835
Language:
English
BRN:
321131
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eAudiobook |