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Title: Breaking Strain
Author: Arthur C Clarke
Narrator: Nick Boulton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-13-11
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic
Publisher's Summary:
This compelling space drama tells the story of two men faced with an impossible decision. Somewhere between Venus and Earth, a space freighter is hit by a meteor, destroying vital supplies of oxygen. There is only enough oxygen remaining for one man to survive the journey home. But who should live? And how will they decide?
Members Reviews:
Venus Prime series:
Sparta is a young woman who grew up as Linda, was enrolled in a specieal program for the extremely intelligent, but was kidnapped and changed by the use of an advanced technology so that she has special and unusual skills and abilities. The mysterious cult that changed her cannot bend her will to their purpose; she escapes, assumes an alias, and rises, aided by her powers and a great deal of effort, to become a Space board investigator, wherein she solves crimes that may have been perpetrated by her abductors. Her abductors having blocked many of her memories before she was able to escape, she has to piece together her own history to get a sense of who she is, and piece together clues as to what the cult are about; she is aided in this by her friend Blake Redfield.
After having gone through crises and adventures (each gripping adventure being covered by a volume of this series), she learns more of her history. This is crime-solving science fiction at its best, and having read the first 5 volumes I can hardly wait to read the 6th.
Volumes of this Venus Prime series are:
1. Breaking Strain
2. Maelstrom
3. Hide & Seek
4. Medusa Encounter
5. Diamong Moon
6. The Shining Ones
If you enjoyed Robert A. Heinlein's "Friday," you will like Sparta even better. In this reviewer's opinion, Asimov, Clarke (& Preuss in this series), Heinlein, and Kaplan are the best autors of this genre. These are well worth the re-rreading! -DM
A good read that was long overdue
I've owned this book for years and finally started it a couple days ago. I really wish I had read it sooner. The first third to half of the book jumps from one storyline to another. If you can get past the disjointed beginning, the different storylines quickly come together and make sense. I've read some complaints about this, but I find these techniques interesting.
Preuss does an excellent job of combining science fiction and mystery/thriller. I used to read a lot of mystery books, but quickly tired of the genre. This was a refreshing read in that it wasn't predictible as a mystery or science fiction novel.
Ellen Troy, aka Sparta, was enhanced with biotechnology when she was younger and something happened to her that caused her to forget everything that has happend in the past few years. Troy decides to join the Space Board of Control in order to find out what happened to her. Along the way she has to figure out what caused a hole in a spaceship headed to Venus.
Super Reader
Sparta wakes up to find a very serious gap in her memory. Looking in the mirror, she realises she is no normal girl.