One of the best hard SF novels of the year. The science - from the telescope work to the tethers and the functioning of the space hotel - is quite well-presented, Fujii's fascination with low and high tech and their possibilities fully pays off here." * The Complete Review * "Taiyo Fujii has set the bar for all near-future sci-fi thrillers exceptionally high." * B&N Sci-Fi/Fantasy * "This book will thrill and delight readers with its tight plotting and brilliant scientific speculation, and it describes the space enthusiast community with a level of authenticity and passion seldom seen in fiction. In next year Fujii won the 36th Japan Science Fiction Grand Prize and Seiun Award with his 2nd novel Orbital Cloud. Orbital Cloud is the speculative fiction for the twenty-first-century that I look forward to reading." * Strange Horizons * "Fujii's science fiction tale is almost entirely low-orbit - rather than deep space - but he covers this fascinating terrain well, including all the issues of the objects circling up there, and the dangers of debris. The novel was revised and republished in both print and digital as Gene Mapper - full build- by Hayakawa Publishing in 2013, and was nominated for Japan SF Award and Seiun Award. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability."Fujii challenges us to look into the future and consider how the Earth as a whole will confront space exploration and the possibilities of colonization and resource extraction on other planets. One of the best hard SF novels of the year." -Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories The global war on terror has a new front-the very edge of outer space.
This book will thrill and delight readers with its tight plotting and brilliant scientific speculation, and it describes the space enthusiast community with a level of authenticity and passion seldom seen in fiction. And so begins an unprecedented international battle against space-based terror that will soon involve the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NORAD, and the CIA. Then Kazumi receives highly sensitive information from a source claiming to be an Iranian scientist. At the same time, billionaire entrepreneur Ronnie Smark and his journalist daughter prepare to check into an orbital hotel as part of a stunt promoting private space tourism. Halfway across the world, at NORAD, Staff Sergeant Darryl Freeman begins his investigation of the debris. Rumors spread online that the debris is actually an orbital weapon targeting the International Space Station. In the year 2020, Kazumi Kimura, proprietor of shooting star forecast website Meteor News, notices some orbiting space debris moving suspiciously. The global war on terror has a new front-the very edge of outer space.
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