493 a64dea0c-d7b0-4730-a08a-aece388c1610 The Ring of Charon Roger MacBride Allen calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1990-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>Volume One of The Hunted Earth sequence. Science is toil and hard work - except when it verges on miracle. When Larry O'Shawnessy Chao manages to harness the giant Ring of Charon, orbiting Pluto's only moon, to control a field of over one million gravities, he feels a touch of the miraculous.</p> SUMMARY: The first book in the Hunted Earth series, published to tie in with the hardcover publication of its sequel, The Shattered Sphere. The Earth has disappeared, but was it destroyed by an unauthorized gravity experiment, or was the planet kidnapped by an alien race? Humanity must discover the answer before it's too late. SUMMARY: The first book in the Hunted Earth series, published to tie in with the hardcover publication of its sequel, The Shattered Sphere. The Earth has disappeared, but was it destroyed by an unauthorized gravity experiment, or was the planet kidnapped by an alien race? Humanity must discover the answer before it's too late. Tor http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?46190 eng Science Fiction; American Fiction - Science Fiction Novel Science Fiction & Fantasy Space Opera Gravity Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction - General Life on Other Planets Scientists General Space Colonies Dyson Sphere _isfdb 10 of 1991 Locus Award for Best SF Novel