Mission Earth, Volume 8: Disaster

by L. Ron Hubbard

Overview

Who is the true master of disaster?

Earthlings: prepare for the shock of your lives!

Global warming . . . reversed.

The energy crisis . . . over.

The greatest problem on Earth . . . solved.

Voltarian Royal Officer of the Fleet, Jettero Heller, has it all figured out. And he’s devised a daring and ingenious plan to make it all happen . . . if he lives to see the day.

Saving the world is never easy, and for Heller, it turns out to be a tricky—and risky—business.

He’ll have to blast a gang of space pirates in a lethal laser firefight. He’ll have to find a way to capture and control a black hole. He’ll have to undertake a perilous journey to Saturn and back and transport a titanic chunk of ice across the solar system.

Then comes the hard part . . . because Heller is headed back to Voltar, where he’s about to uncover the identity of the powerful figure behind the conspiracy to end all conspiracies. He’s facing his deadliest nemesis yet, and before the intergalactic battle is over, the entire mission could end in DISASTER.

“Features rich inventiveness, brisk pacing and a large cast of appealing characters.” —BOOKLIST

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592125944
Publisher:	Galaxy Press, LLC
Publication date:	06/15/2003
Series:	Mission Earth Series , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	357
Sales rank:	344,212
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Editorial Reviews

The first seven volumes of Hubbard's ``Mission Earth'' novel series were devoted mainly to the drawn-out farcial adventures of alien spies among comic oil barons, mafiosi, PR men, etc. This time things finally happen with a bang: hero Jettero Heller harnesses a black hole to provide cheap, pollution-free energy for Earth and accidentally wipes out western Russia. Then Heller and his love, Countess Krak, bring their evil nemesis, Soltan Gris, back to Voltar, their home planet. But dirty politics there has made the Emperor a drug addict and put power in the hands of nefarious, paranoid Lombar Hisst, so Heller and the Countess return to Earth, where more cliffhangers await. Even as a re-creation of the freewheeling pulp fiction of earlier times, this futuristic thriller is heavyhanded and unsuccessful. Literary Guild alternates. (July)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

“Marvelous satire by a master of adventure.” —ANNE MCCAFFREY

"Rich inventiveness, brisk pacing, and a large cast of appealing characters.” —Booklist

“Mission Earth never pauses, only accelerates.” —ASTRONAUT EDWARD GIBSON

"...an incredibly good story, lushly written, vibrating with action and excitement." —A. E. van Vogt

“An extraordinary ten-volume epic rich with intergalactic intrigue and wry social commentary.” —LITERARY GUILD

“An extraordinary ten-volume epic rich with intergalactic intrigue and wry social commentary.” —LITERARY GUILD

“A wild compound of science fiction action, political satire and sexual comedy.” —CINCINNATI POST

“...the adventure, colored by broad strokes of satire, is written with a vigor...” —Publishers Weekly

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