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The planet closest to our Sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. But there are those who hope to find wealth in its desolation.

Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury's position makes it an ideal place to generate power to propel starships into deep space. Astrobiologist Victor Molina thinks the water at Mercury's poles may harbor evidence of life. Bishop Elliot Danvers has been sent by the Earth-based "New Morality" to keep close tabs on Molina.

But all three of these men are blissfully unaware of their shared history, and of how it connects to the collapse of Mance Bracknell's geosynchronous space elevator a generation ago. Now they're about to find out, because Mance is determined to have his revenge...

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Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is 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 fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.

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SURFACE RESCUE

“I’m really stuck here,“ Molina called, a hint of desperation in his voice. “I need you to help me. What are you doing up there?”

Alexios heard himself say, “I’m coming down. It’ll take a few minutes. Hang in there.”

“Well for Christ’s sake don’t dawdle! I’m sloshing in my own sweat inside this frigging suit.”

Alexios smiled again. You’re not helping yourself, Victor. You’re not making it easier for me to come to your aid.

But he pushed the door of the tractor’s cab open and jumped to the ground, almost hoping that he’d snap an ankle or twist a knee and be unable to save Victor’s self-centered butt. Angry with himself, furious with Victor and the other two, irritated at the world in general, Alexios marched to the winch and wrapped the cable around both his gloved hands.

Slowly he began lowering himself down the steep side of the gully.

“What are you doing?” Molina demanded. “Are you coming?”

“I’ll be there in a few minutes,“ Alexios said between gritted teeth.

I’ll save your ass, Victor, he thought. I’ll save your body. I won’t let you die. I’ll bring you back and let you destroy yourself. That’s just as good as killing you. Better, even. Destroy yourself, Victor. With my help.

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  • PublisherTor Science Fiction
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 0765343142
  • ISBN 13 9780765343147
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Number of pages336
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