The Precipice by Ben Bova

What can one say about Ben Bova and his books? This guy writes political and scientific hard core sci-fi happening in the near future, and if that's your genre what's there not to like about The Precipice, first book in the Astroid Wars series. In The Precipice Bova's theory is that the greenhouse effect has become a greenhouse cliff, a sudden turn to the worse in the climate with disastrous consequences, and man's only hope is to turn to space. The story's hero is Dan Randolph, the head of Astro Corporation, who wants to save the human race by mining the asteroid belt.

I found that the book had interesting ideas and that it was slightly entertaining, but also totally forgettable. Characters were pretty one-dimensional and stereotypical heroic good guys, femme fatales ("oh I'm so pretty no one understand me") and evil rich bastards... the only thing that really kept my interest was the science and the dystopic world. The plot was very straightforward, and at times silly (invisibility suit - come on!) but held interest till the end.

Good enough listen, but I don't think I'll be going for the second novel.

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