Are you looking for a good book? (Venus - Ben Bova)

Member Name: snw33

Product:	Venus - Ben Bova
Date:	20/12/01 (44 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of Twists in the plot

Disadvantages: Long

I personaly really like the author Ben Bova. I find his books are just what I look for in books.
Recently I got te book Venus. It is quite long but then I don't mind that as it stops me from getting bored.
The book is about a man, called "Van Humphries" mission to retrieve his brothers body, "Alex Humpries". Why I hear you all asking, why risk his life on the "most desolate place in the universe." Well His Father, "Martin Humpries" is a space tycoon, owing much of the astriod belt, as there are valueble mineral out there. Anyway he cuts off Vans monthly allowence, so Van has to find some other way of getting money. Now just at the time that Martin cuts off his sons money he sets a challenge for anyone to find his lost sons body and return it to him. As an incentive he puts a $10 million prize up for grabs. Now it must be understood that Martin hates his surviving son, Van, and you will only find out why in the book. Anyway Van decides that with the last of his money he will buy a ship and try to win the money. Alex was a key part in Vans life as he grew up as Van had no mother and his father hated him, as I stated before. So Van claimed that he was doing for Alex.
However, there is someone else going on this crazy mission and that is a man who was ruined by Martin as Martin took over his buisiness. So Fuchs, as he is called, went for the prize money aswell.
This book is about the problems they faced on Venus and is full of twists and suprises. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Sci-fi.
P.S the picture on this is wrong, that's a totaly differant book! I don't know who put that there but it wasn't me!

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