03063cam a2200529 4500 1841024596 TxAuBib 20241228120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781324050926 1324050926 B0CK4J4WN7 Amazon 9aedd995-c2e1-4707-b856-9c4f14d05f0f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10180844 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ignatius, David. Phantom Orbit [Libby eBook] : A Thriller. W. W. Norton & Company, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. johannes kepler. surveillance. space force. Satellites. Political. espionage. scientist. Military. secrets. Chinese. russian. enemies. Russia. codes. space. China. nasa. War. spy. CIA. HTML:<p><strong>One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2024<br /> <br /> A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature.</strong></p> <p>David Ignatius is known for his uncanny ability, in novel after novel, to predict the next great national security headline. In Phantom Orbit, he presents a story both searing and topical, with stakes as far-reaching as outer space. It follows Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, who discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of the seventeenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. He takes the puzzle to a senior scientist in the Chinese space program and declares his intention to solve it. Volkov returns to Moscow and continues his secret work. The puzzle holds untold consequences for space warfare.</p> <p>The years pass, and they are not kind to Volkov. After the loss of his son, a prosecutor who'd been too tough on corruption, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Volkov makes the fraught decision to contact the CIA. He writes: Satellites are your enemies, especially your own. . . . Hidden codes can make time stop and turn north into south. . . . If you are smart, you will find me.</p> <p>With this timely novel, Ignatius addresses our moment of renewed interest in space exploration amid geopolitical tumult. Phantom Orbit brims with the author's vital insights and casts Volkov as the man who, at the risk of his life, may be able to stop the Doomsday clock.</p>. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-12-27 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9aedd995-c2e1-4707-b856-9c4f14d05f0f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9aedd995-c2e1-4707-b856-9c4f14d05f0f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)