Saturn Run
By John Sandford & Ctein
- Release Date: 2015-10-06
- Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Description
“Fans of Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers will eat this up.” --Stephen King
For fans of THE MARTIAN, an extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein.
Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a stunning new thriller, a story as audacious as it is deeply satisfying.
The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope—something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don’t decelerate. Spaceships do.
A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it exclusively and bring it back will have an advantage so large, no other nation can compete. A conclusion the Chinese definitely agree with when they find out.
The race is on, and an remarkable adventure begins—an epic tale of courage, treachery, resourcefulness, secrets, surprises, and astonishing human and technological discovery, as the members of a hastily thrown-together crew find their strength and wits tested against adversaries both of this earth and beyond. What happens is nothing like you expect—and everything you could want from one of the world’s greatest masters of suspense.
Reviews
Good read.
4By 马克多路能Especially after playing Kerbal Space Program, I loved the hard science. Character development was very good. I dropped a star because the actual alien interaction was disappointing.Saturn Run
5By FsattEnough science to make the fiction interesting, plausible, and very enjoyable. Even the politics, though fictional, were believable. Loved it.Couldn’t put it down.
5By Nick4795Great read. Right mix of action, humanity, politics, and science.Great! Sci-fi at its best.
5By Cap'n RobertHeinlein would have loved it.Space Prey (not)
3By CrzyhrtPretty good plotting like a real Sandford book, but without fully developed characters like Lucas Davenport or Virgil Flowers the book remains two dimensional.Misleading
2By TornadosterI was looking for a book dealing with a "first contact scenario", and all I got was "rocket science". There was little discussion on alien technologies , just rocket science.Absolutely stunning
5By TommyPePeI started reading Sci Fi in the late 70's, and have been doing so ever since. Saturn Run is one of the finest I have ever read, right up there at the top 10 list.Good scifi
5By Hiker1973One of the better stories I have read in a while.Saturn Run
1By YxurghaoutWaste.Grest idea
3By guitarboatWonderful story idea. Fine speculative fiction, but, alas, complete misfire with regard to the conclusion.