Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet- And the Humans Who Explore It (The Grand Tour)

Six-time Hugo Award-winning author, Ben Bova, brings political intrigue and revolt on an expedition to the once uninhabited giant planet: Saturn

Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks.

Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since.

But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens―so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few....

Grand Tour Series
1. Mars
2. Empire Builders
3. Moonrise
4. Moonwar
5. Return to Mars
6. Venus
7. Jupiter
8. The Precipice
9. The Rock Rats
10. Saturn
11. The Silent War
12. Mercury
13. Powerstat
14. Titan
15. The Aftermath
16. Mars Life
17. The Return
18. Leviathans of Jupiter
19. Farside
20. New Earth