Titan
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2095. After long months of travel, the gigantic colony ship Goddard has at last made orbit around Saturn, carrying a population of more than 10,000 dissidents, rebels, extremists, and visionaries seeking a new life. Among Goddardâs missions is the study of Titan, which offers the tantalizing possibility that life may exist amid its windswept islands and chill black seas.
When the exploration vessel Titan Alpha mysteriously fails after reaching the moonâs surface, long buried tensions surface among the colonists. Eduoard Urbain, the missionâs chief scientist, is wracked with anxiety and despair as he sees his lifeâs work unravel. Malcolm Eberly, Goddardâschief administrator, takes ruthless measures to hold onto power as a rash of suspicious incidents threaten to undermine his authority. Holly Lane, the colonyâs human-resources director, must confront the stationâs powerful leaders to protect the lives of its people. And retired astronaut Manuel Gaeta is forced to risk his life in a last, desperate attempt to salvage the lost probe.
Torn by intrigue, sabotage, and an awesome discovery that could threaten human space exploration, a handful of courageous men and women must fight for the survival of their colony, and for the future of humanity. . . .
Praise for Titan
âClicks along like a well-oiled machine: smooth, precise and reliable, inching Bovaâs grand design forward another notch or two.â âKirkus Reviews
âThe solidly hypothesized science enthralls.â âPublishers Weekly
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Ben Bova (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Transhuman, Orion, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award âfor his outstanding body of work in the field of literatureâ in 2008.
Dr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fictionâs Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more.
In addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, Americaâs first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York Cityâs Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.
