01434cam a2200277 i 4500 332712506 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 050609s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004065925 9780765304124 24.95 0765304120 24.95 TxAuBib rda Bova, Ben, 1932- Orion Among the Stars. 1st ed. New York : TOR/Tom Doherty Associates, 2005. 319 p : hardcover. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Grand tour of the universe series ; 4 While astrobiologist Victor Molina and engineer Mance Bracknell (disguised as Dante Alexios) vie for the affections of Victor's wife, Lara Tierney Molina, Saito Yamagata attempts to create an efficient, inexpensive staging area on Mercury to send ships into deep space. Meanwhile, Bracknell schemes to exact revenge for his destroyed past. Ten years earlier, Bracknell's efforts to create another efficient, inexpensive method of launching spaceships called "The Sky Tower" was sabotaged by Bishop Danvers of the New Morality, as well as by Molina and Yamagata's son, Nobu. Millions of innocents died as a result. 20170101. Grand tour of the universe series ; 4.