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Encounter with Tiber

Encounter with Tiber

by Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes

1996Science fictionFiction, science fiction, generalScience Fiction - Space OperaFictionFiction - Science Fiction
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About this book

It is a chronicle of two grand quests, two dynasties of heroes. A new space race is sparked by a bitter feud between scientist-astronaut Chris Terence and visionary entrepreneur Sig Jarlsbourg: two enemies determined to claim the frontier blazed by the Apollo pioneers. But a radio beacon from deep space, from a world called Tiber, will bring both men together - and lead one to his doom. Solving the Tiberian mystery becomes a legacy, driving Chris's son and Jarlsbourg's heir, Jason Terence, to found the first city on Mars, and leading their descendants beyond the confines of the solar system. Encounter with Tiber is the saga of another family as well. Its heroes were brave, desperate, ancient beings who learned all too well the precious fragility of lives and worlds. Beings who did indeed come to our ancestors in chariots of fire - and who proved to be anything but gods...

Themes & subjects

Science fictionFiction, science fiction, generalScience Fiction - Space OperaFictionFiction - Science FictionBooks
First published 1996

About the authors

Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin

1930

American astronaut, born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.

John Barnes
John Barnes

1957

Authors

Buzz Aldrin, John Barnes

First published

1996

Pages

570

Read time

≈ 14h

Editions

10

Languages

English, German

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

ISBN

9780340624517

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