Venus Development

Making use of Cold War conflict, Industrialism, Scientific advancement and World-wide food crises, Venus Development is one of those titles- much like my own book, which does exactly what the title says. However- much like my own book again, it does so with story so as to detract from the obvious intent.

Plot: The World is on its last legs. Food and water are at a premium, Political unrest is as rife as ever, in fact, even more so and the President of the United States has just resigned, leaving the Vice-President to take over and judge just how plausible and justifiable a manned mission to Venus really is. To help him with this, he “borrows” ….. from his research telescope- given that the former head of the project was kidnapped recently and instructs him and a specially selected team to assess the merits of the project, the billions of dollars that have been spent and while dodging assassins, rouge governmental agents and inner conflicts simply figure out, does this cockamamie idea have legs?

Using scientific jargon, spy gubbins and a whole load of political intrigue, Venus Development is a fascinating and adventurous read, as any space exploration/human advancement tale should be.

To say I was disappointed when the ending arrived is an understatement. Not because it was somehow less than I had hoped from the story, but simply that it had in fact ended.