The Technology: A Giant Step Into The Future In the thirty years since lasers were invented, we have learned to use the fior jobs as diversa as eye surgery and missle defence, but the biggest advance is yet to come: one day soon we will be able to beam human beings from place to plance on Earth, and even into Space. The Book: High Tech Adventrue as only Martin Caiden Can Write it! Beamriders chronicles the achievements of the men and women who brave death in the development of just such a laser-transport system. Assignments that no on else can accomplish await the survivors: The rescue of a U.S. scientist from a cell beneath the Kremlin; defusing atomic blackmail in Washington; and strangest of all, a mission to the Far Side of the Moon. On Earth and in Space, nothing can stop The Beamriders!
Author
Martin Caidin was a prolific and controversial writer. Most of his work centered around the adventures of pilots and astronauts. A number of his books were notable for their reasonable, realistic predictions of then-futuristic technology. Caidin's body of work was prolific and varied, ranging from additional speculative/SF novels such as Marooned, which was made into an acclaimed film and considered a harbinger of the Apollo 13 accident, to a novel based upon the character Indiana Jones. He also wrote many non-fiction books about science, aviation and warfare. Caidin began writing fiction in 1957. In his career he authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books as well as more than 1,000 magazine articles. His best-known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for "The Six Million Dollar Man" franchise. He also wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation. In addition to his writing Caidin was a pilot and active in the restoration and flying of older planes.
