Pegasus in space
by McCaffrey, Anne
Series: The Talents Saga Book 3 Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Ballantine (New York ) Physical details: viii, 373 p. 25 cm. ISBN:0345434668; 9780345434661. Year: 2000| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"A Del Rey book"--T.p. verso
For an overpopulated Earth, whose resources are strained to the breaking point, there is only one place to look for relief: straight up. With the successful completion of the Padrugoi Space Station, humanity has at last achieved its first large-scale permanent presence in space. Additional bases are feverishly being built on the Moon and on Mars, stepping-stones to the greatest adventure in all history: the colonization of alien worlds. Already long-range telescopes have identified a number of habitable planets orbiting the stars and distant galaxies. Now it's just a question of getting there. But there are those who, for selfish motives of their own, want Padrugoi and the other outposts to fail. People who will stop at nothing to maintain their power or to avenge its loss
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