02083cam a2200313 4500 546528114 TxAuBib 20140505120000.0 130912s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062262394 0062262394 (OCoLC)857966912 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX O2C WIM UPZ OI6 JQM TxAuBib Brown, Dale. Starfire : a novel / Dale Brown. First edition. New York : William Morrow, 2014. xviii, 407 pages ; 24 cm. While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race. "With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant. Starfire will not only deliver unlimited and inexpensive electricity anywhere on planet Earth, it can also transmit power to the moon, and even to spacecraft and asteroids. It's a crucial first step in the exploration of the solar system, and Bradley and his team are on the cutting edge. But U.S. president Kenneth Phoenix's plans to militarize and industrialize Earth's orbit sparks an arms race in space that eclipses the darkest and most terrifying days of the Cold War. Before he can prevent it, Bradley and his team are caught at the center of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global conflict for control of space" -- 20140505. Space weapons Fiction. Arms race Fiction. Power-plants Fiction. United States Military policy Fiction. Suspense fiction. Science fiction. TXGAI