Pillar to the Sky

Summary

A towering epic torank with Douglas Preston’s Blasphemy and Michael Crichton’s Prey

Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energysupplies, and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people canprevent global chaos.

Gary Morgan—a brilliant renegade scientist pilloried bythe scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to thesky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple, and affordable.

Eva Morgan—a brilliant and beautiful scientist of Ukranian descent,she has had a lifelong obsession to build a pillar to the sky, a vertiginoustower that would mine the power of the sun and supply humanity with cheap,limitless energy forever.

Gunther Rothenberg—the ancient but revered rocket scientistwho labored at Peenemünde with von Braun to create the first rockets andcontinued on to build those of today. A legend, he has mentored Gary and Evafor two decades, nurturing and encouraging their transcendent vision.

Franklin Smith—the eccentric Silicon Valley billionaire whowill champion their cause, wage war with Congress and government bureaucracy,and most important, finance their herculean undertaking.

This journey to the stars will not be easy; it will be atumultuous struggle filled with violence and heroism, love and death,spellbinding beauty and heartbreaking betrayal. The stakes could not be higher.Humanity’s salvation will hang in the balance.