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"Disc" picks up right after Vaz and Tiona's invention of an apparently reactionless drive in "Tiona."Tiona and her brother Dante want to license the rights to the new thrusters to big aircraft and car companies, using the money from the licenses to develop a private space industry. Vaz, their scientifically brilliant but socially inept father (who falls somewhere on the Asperger's/Autism spectrum) has little interest in such a project, but is happy to have them run with it.So, they set out to convince doubtful major corporations that thrusters will change the world as we know it. Getting these companies to join the technological revolution requires everything from the massaging of egos to slapping the uncomprehending in the face with the new capabilities.At the same time, they are trying to develop their own space program in the face of some resistance from NASA.Then, just when things seem to be going well, North Korea kidnaps Vaz and Tiona. They want to force them to develop the...
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"Disc" picks up right after Vaz and Tiona's invention of an apparently reactionless drive in "Tiona."Tiona and her brother Dante want to license the rights to the new thrusters to big aircraft and car companies, using the money from the licenses to develop a private space industry. Vaz, their scient
"Invaders" is about events that occur several years after those in the novel "Disc."GSI (Gettnor Space Industries) is beginning to investigate our solar system and mine the asteroids. Aircraft and automobile companies are beginning to switch over to thrusters from their more traditional products. Ne
"Invaders" is about events that occur several years after those in the novel "Disc."GSI (Gettnor Space Industries) is beginning to investigate our solar system and mine the asteroids. Aircraft and automobile companies are beginning to switch over to thrusters from their more traditional products. Ne
"Tiona" picks up six years after the end of Vaz. Tiona, Vaz's daughter, is starting grad school in physics, has a "bad boy" musician boyfriend, and does her own strange variety of charity work at a homeless shelter.Her professor has her start work on a project to try to achieve high temperature supe
"Tiona" picks up six years after the end of Vaz. Tiona, Vaz's daughter, is starting grad school in physics, has a "bad boy" musician boyfriend, and does her own strange variety of charity work at a homeless shelter.Her professor has her start work on a project to try to achieve high temperature supe
****βIntimate, cinematic.Β . . . The world Ho creates between the two women feels like one friend reading the otherβs story, wishing she were there.β β*The New York Times Book Review*** Β **NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY *VOGUE* \* *USA TODAY* \* *TIME* \* *OPRAH DAILY* \* *PARADE* \*