The Trikon Deception opens up the next frontier in technothriller excitement with a page-turning novel of intrigue and assassination in high orbit - co-written by the former commander of Skylab.1998: Trikon is a vast steel island in the vacuum of space, the first industrial research laboratory to be built in orbit, designed as the only risk-free environment for genetic experiments too controversial - or dangerous - to be performed on Earth. Devised by a visionary scientist and industrialist, Trikon is a shared project of North America, Japan, and United Europe. In theory, the international companies that make up the Trikon consortium are supposed to be working together for the betterment of all humanity; in reality, espionage and sabotage are Trikon's major projects.Mankind has gone to space, but he has brought all his greed and deceit, all his lust and violence, with him - and the hidden conspiracies aboard Trikon may bring the gigantic space station crashing down upon the innocent and the guilty alike.No one can write about space like someone who's been there, and The Trikon Deception is an authentic space age thriller on the cutting edge of tomorrow. Read Less