Disaster
L. Ron Hubbard, Author Bridge Publications (CA) $10.95 (337p) ISBN 978-0-88404-214-3
The first seven volumes of Hubbard's ""Mission Earth'' novel series were devoted mainly to the drawn-out farcial adventures of alien spies among comic oil barons, mafiosi, PR men, etc. This time things finally happen with a bang: hero Jettero Heller harnesses a black hole to provide cheap, pollution-free energy for Earth and accidentally wipes out western Russia. Then Heller and his love, Countess Krak, bring their evil nemesis, Soltan Gris, back to Voltar, their home planet. But dirty politics there has made the Emperor a drug addict and put power in the hands of nefarious, paranoid Lombar Hisst, so Heller and the Countess return to Earth, where more cliffhangers await. Even as a re-creation of the freewheeling pulp fiction of earlier times, this futuristic thriller is heavyhanded and unsuccessful. Literary Guild alternates. (July)
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Reviewed on: 08/04/1987
Release date: 08/01/1987
Genre: Fiction
Prebound-Sewn - 357 pages - 9780606086745
Hardcover - 340 pages - 9781870451048
Hardcover - 337 pages - 9780884042143
Mass Market Paperbound - 357 pages - 9781592120291