Legacy of Prometheus

Legacy is a great thriller with plenty of technical meat. The novel offers a realistic scenario--indeed, a functional description--of how the global economy may shift from fossil fuel to solar power. You immediately sense that you are reading the work of a world-class astrophysicist.The book offers memorable scenes. The space-walk scene and the wounding by space junk was a gem. The martial arts scenes are excellent. Enjoy this book.

I was first drawn to "Legacy" because of the premise of the solar power farming using satellites, a concept that inspired me 20 years ago to give up a dead end life style and go back to school. It was a senior project done by the Aerospace school at the University of Michigan named "Project Rodan", I believe.The character development is wonderful with believable business and government senarios. The wheeling and dealing at the highest level reminds me of the Heinlein novels where money was secondary and vision and persistance win out over deceit and treachary.My only complaint is that there seem to be a few chapters missing. These team of characters are too good to leave hanging out there... especially when a "first contact" may be eminent.

I thought this book was brilliant, John Maddox Roberts is a class writer anyway ( having read ALL of his SPQR series), and although I liked the SPQR series ( save the last book "Ships of Kleopatra") more, this is still a brilliant read !