Power Play
Dr. Jake Ross survived his childhood by avoiding conflict. During a class trip, he fell in love with science and escaped the neighborhood bullies by visiting the planetarium incessantly. Dr. Cardwell, the planetarium’s director, took Jake under his wing, eventually helping him win a scholarship to study astronomy in college. Now grown, Jake simply wants to live quietly as a researcher and professor of astronomy. Dr. Cardwell, however, envisions Jake as the next science advisor to Frank Tomlinson, a man with aspirations for the U.S. Senate. Unbeknownst to Jake, Jake happens to be sitting on the key to political victory, MHD power generation. MHD is a new and incredibly powerful form of energy. When Tomlinson’s opponent learns of MHD’s potential powers, Jake finds himself in the middle of a supercharged political fight. Will Jake choose the life he has always known or jump headfirst into designing cutting-edge scientific policy? Unpredictable at every turn, Bova’s new novel is sexy, intriguing, and timely. --Alison Downs