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Limit Hardcover – November 29, 2013

by Frank Schatzing (Author)
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2025. Entrepreneur Julian Orley opens the first-ever hotel on the moon. But Orley Enterprises deals in far more than space tourism: it operates the world's only space elevator, connecting the earth with the moon and enabling the transportation of helium-3, the fuel of the future. Now Julian has invited 21 of the world's richest and most powerful individuals to sample his lunar accommodation, in the hope of securing the finances for manufacturing a second lift. Meanwhile, on Earth, cyber detective Owen Jericho is sent to Shanghai to find a young female hacker, Yoyo, who has been on the run since uncovering information that has placed her in grave danger. As Jericho closes in on the girl, he finds increasingly concerning links to Julian Orley that suggest the lunar expedition is in real and immediate danger.
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  1. Print length
    1200 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Jo Fletcher Books
  4. Publication date
    November 29, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    6.5 x 2.56 x 9.37 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1849165157
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1849165150
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jo Fletcher Books (November 29, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 1200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849165157
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849165150
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.95 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 2.56 x 9.37 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 174 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Invest in this massive tome!
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2014
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This book is enormous. I saw it at the store as a hardcover and couldn't buy it due to the fact that I would have to leave it on a desk to read it. Imagine my surprise when I found the Kindle edition at a steep discount. I clicked buy in an instant.

This book is not fast-paced. This is more like an older Stephen King tome mixed with Michael Crichton. The story is very well-researched, and the characters are large in volume. It took a little bit to get going, but I'm so glad that I started this. If you're an average reader like me, it will take a while to get through this suspenseful book, but it is worth it in my opinion as the story is so layered.

A space elevator has been built to get to the moon, and a resort is being opened there. Lots of prominent people are showing up to this state of the art place, but of course, disaster strikes. If you like suspenseful sci-fi, definitely give this one a shot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "The Swarm" was hard to top
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2015
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Frank Schatzing writes yet another well researched and founded novel. The reader gets the feeling that he binge watches a well written 2 season series with fast changing scenes. The plot on the earth, especially in Shanghai is faster paced and more suspenseful than the one developing on the moon. At some point during my read through the moon plot I found myself not caring who dies or who survives, which is a problem. However, I would highly recommend this book for those readers who are interested in politics meets science fiction meets corporate greed, and so on.The author's "The Swarm" was hard to top, but this book comes close.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2014
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Good but very wordy. .long story but kept me wanting to know what was next between moon an the computer hackers that found things they went suppose to got exciting on the chase.then slowed back at the moon. A second??book
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Cheryl
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023
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This is fantastic
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Cynthia Marshall
4.0 out of 5 stars If you are not into that you may not like this book but I love it
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2017
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Amazingly detailed knowledge of the future of the cyber community, but it does involve a lot of politics and history in this very intricate piece of work. If you are not into that you may not like this book but I love it! Good work Frank!
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EXPAT07
5.0 out of 5 stars A long jouurney through madness and the moon
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019
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The book kept me reading for days almost non stop.... the end was a little dissapointing though... if you are a Spacex fan this is prbably for you too.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016
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Fan ot the author! First book I read was The Swarm, all but the last few pages kept mo on the edge of my seat.
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Harry
2.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
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The book was one of the longer ones I've read, with very little of the extra length of any real use to the overall story line. Some of the sub-stories would have made ok reading on their own but each line would be abandoned at points to pick up another and you'd lose the thread, over and over again. On a positive note, Schatzing's writing is technically well done otherwise it might have gotten only one star. Will probably not check out this writer again.
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Petevicar
2.0 out of 5 stars It goes on and on and on and on and on and on...........
Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2018
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This is a very very long book that is written by an author with great descriptive talent. However he uses pages to explain things that are not necessary and are irrelevant to the plot.
The plot twists and turns so much that it almost becomes predictable. The bad guys get away with everything (almost) to the extent that it becomes unbelievable.
The idea is very good and could have been made into a super book at half the length.
I could compare it to someone who talks too much because they like the sound of their own voice.
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Sandeep Ameta
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in India on December 15, 2016
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perfect book...just getting into the story. Good service by Amazon
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RM Wilkinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2016
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This is one of the best science fiction novels I have read. It is also one of the longest, however it is worth perservering with it (this is only part 1) as the whole story is so well written.
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Orion
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspence and Science Fiction
Reviewed in Italy on November 3, 2014
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The story fills up with details, part of them coming from real history, part of them created with imagination (and still they are reliable!). The journey to the moon is just the beginning of an amazing insight of politics, economics and human nature. Add to them the thrill of the suspence in a (un)real setting, and you read the thousand pages in a bit! Amazing! Can't wait to read "Breaking News", the new book by Schatzing!
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Asmara
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in Australia on May 26, 2014
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There were times when this book was impossible to put down and other times when the narrative was never ending. Having to wade through the VERY boring pages and pages of historical facts was irritating when you just wanted to get to the thrilling bits. The author could have cut out, easily, a third of the book and it would have been much more readable. Having said that, I did enjoy the book and got to care about the main characters. There were some characters who were difficult to remember as the scenes changed frequently for long periods.

If you can speed read or briefly scan through the large blocks of superfluous, useless, information then it's well worth reading.
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