The Green Trap Ben Bova,
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765348160
DDC: 813.54
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 2007-10-30
Summary:
Microbiologist Michael Cochrane has been murdered. His brother Paul
wants to find out who did it…and why. Accompanied by a beautiful
industrial spy, Elena Sandoval, Paul follows the trail from
California to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Along the way, a lot of
people seem to be interested in getting in their way, or discovering
what they know. It’s clear that Michael was working with
cyanobacteria, the bacteria that crack water molecules and release
free oxygen. It’s less clear why this would get anybody killed. Or
why oil billionaire Lionel Gould wants to pay Paul and Elena big
money for the details of Michael’s work. Then the truth emerges:
Michael had found a way to get cyanobacteria to crack hydrogen out of
simple water molecules. A process that could be industrialized,
producing enough hydrogen to cleanly power the world. Practically
free fuel, out of one of the planet’s most abundant resources: water.
No wonder everyone, from Middle Eastern heavies to hired domestic
muscle, suddenly seems to be trying to get in Paul and Elena’s way.
As the world’s secrets—and their own—teeter in the balance, both Paul
and Elena must decide what to do before it’s too late. Contemporary,
topical, and exciting, The Green Trap is a thriller of today’s energy
skull-duggery—both the kind you read about in the headlines, and the
kind you don’t.
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