2017, ISBN: 9780671319748

An exciting future thriller from nationally best-selling author of the Orphan's Legacy science fiction saga. A face-off with killers in order to guard a secret that could change humanity … More...

An exciting future thriller from nationally best-selling author of the Orphan's Legacy science fiction saga. A face-off with killers in order to guard a secret that could change humanity forever.LIVE FOREVEROR DIE TRYINGWhen the worlds richest man is the victim of a car bomb and literally blown off the Golden Gate Bridge the attack is attributed to terrorists and the world moves on. But some still wonder. Was Manuel Colibri targeted because, as Silicon Valley rumor has it, he was about to make the dream that people alive today can live to be one thousand come true?Two people are pursuing the truth. Tech journalist Kate Boyle and recovering Iraq war veteran Ben Shepard race through the Bay Area chasing the only clues the reclusive Colibri left behind. They discover not only each other but a cosmic secret that can change human historyand may cost them their lives.Praise for The Golden Gate:"Futuristic and imaginative, The Golden Gate by Robert Buettner sweeps across continents and centuries in a thrilling chase for the truth about longevity. The science is fascinating, and the suspense never lets up. Readers will revel in this terrific roller-coaster ride."Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassins". . . reverberates with echoes of current concerns over biomedical ethics, religion, and political machinations . . . interesting ideas about life extension and the implications of technological advances . . . and . . . the underlying mystery and unpredictability keep the pages turning."Publishers WeeklyAbout Robert Buettner's Balance Point:"Buettner . . . conducts his thriller action with suspense and plausibility. All the separate threads balance neatly, as if in homage to the book's themes of balance between antagonistic polities . . . and [Balance Point] carries forward nobly the kind of core SF tale pioneered by writers such as Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Christopher Anvil, James Schmitz, and C. J. Cherryh, offering entertainment aplenty with thoughtful meditations on how humanity can get along with itself or not!"LocusAbout Robert Buettner and the Orphan's Legacy Series:Buettner goes well beyond . . . military science fiction . . . he understands . . . living as a soldierthe boredom punctuated by terror, the constant anxiety and self-doubt, the random chaos that battle always is, and the emotional glue that holds together people who may have nothing in common except absolute responsibility for one another's lives. Joe Haldeman, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author[O]nce in a while . . . a contemporary author penetrates to the heart of Heinlein's vision . . . to replicate the master's effects. . . . [O]ne such book [is] Robert Buettner's Orphanage. The Washington PostEntertaining. Buettner shows the Heinlein touch. Denver Post, Baen, 2017, 2.5, New York: Baen, 2001. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1st printing. Faint toning. 2001 Mass Market Paperback. 429pp. From the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spider Robinson: stranded time travelers; squabbling cosmic warriors; reincarnated rock stars; blind starship pilots; monsters both human and alien; tomorrows formed by today's trends--this Spider weaves a web of wonder., Baen, 2001, 3<

2001, ISBN: 9780671319748

Paperback

U.S.A.: Baen, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FROM THE CRIME TO THE RIDICULOUSFrom the offbeat but razor-edged imaginat… More...

U.S.A.: Baen, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FROM THE CRIME TO THE RIDICULOUSFrom the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spider Robinson: stranded time travelers; squabbling cosmic warriors; reincarnated rock stars; blind starship pilots; monsters both human and alien; tomorrows formed by today's trends--this Spider weaves a web of wonder.Sound profound? Nah! Herein we've got a partially-disembodied Brooklynite looking for his, er, bottom half, a past-tense-ignoring player of a certain New York crap game from 1930 running loose in the present, a compendium of the silliest weapons history never had, and plenty more. The warped and the way-out combine in a book that by any name would be...really cool!, Baen, 2001, 5<

2001, ISBN: 9780671319748

New York: Baen, 2001. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1st printing. Faint toning. 2001 Mass Market Paperback. 429pp. From the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spid… More...

New York: Baen, 2001. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1st printing. Faint toning. 2001 Mass Market Paperback. 429pp. From the offbeat but razor-edged imagination of Spider Robinson: stranded time travelers; squabbling cosmic warriors; reincarnated rock stars; blind starship pilots; monsters both human and alien; tomorrows formed by today's trends--this Spider weaves a web of wonder., Baen, 2001, 3<