Frozen Orbit

By David Louis Edelman and Patrick Chiles

Book Overview

THE BEGINNING OF LIFE AWAITS AT THE END OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

A FROZEN ANSWER AT THE EDGE OF PLANETARY SPACE

Set to embark on NASA's first expedition to the outer planets, the crew of the spacecraft Magellan learns someone else has beaten them by a few decades: a top-secret Soviet project codenamed Arkangel.

Now during their long race to the Kuiper Belt, astronauts Jack Templeton and Traci Keene must unwind a decades-old mystery buried in the pages of a dead cosmonaut's journal. The solution will challenge their beliefs about the nature of humanity and force the astronauts to confront the question of existence itself. And the final answer lies at the edge of the Solar System, waiting to change everything.

About Frozen Orbit:
". . . hard science fiction and an entertaining and gripping plot. . . . Chiles nails the atmosphere of a NASA-run human spaceflight mission in the 21st century, the jargon of the mission controllers and astronauts, and the bureaucratic infighting characterizing today's NASA. . . . The scenario and background . . . are the scaffolding on which a gripping tale is formed. Readers experience the wonder the astronauts feel on a remarkable voyage, groan as the Earth goes crazy as the expedition progresses, and thrill to a powerful conclusion . . . science fiction at its best."--The Galveston County Daily News

"The story moves quickly with elements of both a spy thriller and a space race...Frozen Orbit could make for an impressive movie, one that would stand with greats such as Contact or Interstellar."--Booklist

About Farside by Patrick Chiles:
"The situations are realistic, the characters interesting, the perils harrowing, and the stakes could not be higher."-- John Walker, Ricochet.com

". . . a fast-paced and exciting story which bounces between the borders of technological thriller and science fiction. . . . an impressive effort."--The Galveston County Daily News

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982125152
• ISBN13: 9781982125158
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Software & Business Intrigue at It's Best

Infoquake was such a great read that I feared the sequel wouldn't/couldn't be as great. I've rarely been so pleased with a sequel. The series reminds me of Azimov's Foundation series - only with a slick modern twist. I'm alternatively envious and terrified of the world Edelman's created. I do know that I can't wait to see what happens to Natch and his colleagues next.

Great Read!

I started reading this book and couldn't put it down! I don't even know where to begin? Character evolution is beyond supurb! I just started book 2. If you like the politics of Dune, trust me... this story, (was gonna say book but I find it disrespectfull) is very much worth your time. The political intrique runs very deep! Trust me if you have any love of "Dune", this book is so SO much up your alley!

an edge of your seat, page turner

This exciting novel is much better than Infoquake (which I really liked but wasn't overly moved by). Now I'm hooked on Edelman and I can't wait for his 3rd book. This is sci-fi at its best.

Worth losing sleep to read Multireal

A great read. Unbelievably even more engaging than Infoquake. Edelman creates a symphony of characters, locations and politics, and then conducts the orchestra until their fingers bleed. Every time I thought I had the whole thing figured out, I was ecstatic to be wrong. Multireal is refreshingly original and thoroughly engrossing.

Neuromancer meets Barbarians At The Gate...Post IPO/Surina Bubble

MultiReal is the sequel to David Louis Edelman's Infoquake: Book One of the Jump 225 Trilogy, which I have described as Neuromancer meets Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco or Snow Crash meets Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution meets The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders MultiReal not only takes Infoquake but the author to the next level. There is no question in my mind that this sequel unequivocally propels and firmly establishes Edelman into the ranks of Gibson, Simmons, Asimov, [and beyond]...where I accordingly predict he [will] take the Hugo, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, and or John Campbell Award(s) for 2008. Once again, and even more successfully with MultiReal, Edelman successfully keeps the reader from eating, bathing, or connecting with the real world until they have reached the last page...accordingly I am now anxiously awaiting the third and final installment of the Jump 225 trilogy, GEOSYNCHRON, so I can continue [the] Edelman diet. Towards Perfection...