Review: A Great Concept
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2013
Lieutenant Victor Isaac Noble, known as VIN to his friends, never imagines the opportunities life will throw at him when he loses his legs from an IED explosion while on assignment in Iraq.He picks up the pieces and tries to find his way in a role he had never envisaged for himself - as a civilian. When he teams up with dishonorably discharged Colonel John Albert Jones, or Jonesy, they head out in VIN's silver Audi to drive wherever their hearts take them in search of adventure.And they find more than they could ever have made up in their wildest imaginings.Ryan Richmond has dreamed of going into space since the age of seven. An unstoppable entrepreneur, he has made billions of dollars from the companies he has created and sold, and is finally where he has always wanted to be - building his own space shuttle, with the intention of exploring planets for valuable minerals that can be mined and brought back to earth.His only problem is that the U.S. government wants his technology.The three men meet one another at the time Ryan is ready to put together a flight crew, and VIN and Jonesy find themselves agreeing to go into space. At Ryan's state of the art facility, where he employs hundreds of scientists and engineers, VIN is fitted with a pair of metal prostheses that enable him and other accident victims who have lost their legs to run faster than any normal human.Ryan's ambition is not only for manned space flight, but that the crew members would be able to produce their own food and live in space for an extended period as space pioneers.Author Wade dazzles with his knowledge of nuclear reactors, astro-engineering and space flight conditions, and the great detail he goes into. He leaves his readers hungry for the sequel.Trish Jackson, Author of Extraordinary Romantic Suspense