Book Review: John Varley’s Dark Lightning
Jubal Broussard is never wrong, but a small group of mutineers believe he is when they rise up against Captain Travis on the Rolling Thunder. It’ll take Jubal’s daughters to fix it.
Jubal Broussard is never wrong, but a small group of mutineers believe he is when they rise up against Captain Travis on the Rolling Thunder. It’ll take Jubal’s daughters to fix it.
An ordinary guy armed with extraordinary information, Dave hopes his survivor’s instinct will kick in so he can protect his wife and daughter from the coming apocalypse that will alter the future of Earth—and humanity.
Her grandfather was one of the first to set foot on Mars, so Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland, aka Podkayne, has some big shoes to fill. After joining the Martian Navy, Podkayne has decided to sing, but learns that there’s plenty of danger to go around in the Martian Navy, even if you’ve just signed on to sing.
“Mars sucks.” And if anyone’s allowed to say it, Ray Garcia-Strickland is, since his father was one of the first men to set foot there. Ray’s father is now the manager of the Red Thunder, one of the swankiest hotels on overdeveloped Mars. And Ray has seen his share of gravity-dependent Earthies. Which doesn’t stop him from fearing the worst when Earth is struck by an unknown object, causing a massive tsunami. Living high on his father’s glory was okay, but now Ray must literally come down to Earth—and help solve one of its greatest mysteries…
Seven suburban misfits are constructing a spaceship out of old tanker cars. The plan is to beat the Chinese to Mars–in under four days at three million miles an hour. It would be history in the making if it didn’t sound so insane.