The global war on terror has a new front—the very edge of outer space. In the year 2020, Kazumi Kimura, proprietor of shooting star forecast website Meteor News, notices some orbiting space debris moving suspiciously. Rumors spread online that the debris is actually an orbital weapon targeting the International Space Station. Halfway across the world, at NORAD, Staff Sergeant Darryl Freeman begins his investigation of the debris. At the same time, billionaire entrepreneur Ronnie Smark and his journalist daughter prepare to check in to an orbital hotel as part of a stunt promoting private space tourism. Then Kazumi receives highly sensitive information from a source claiming to be an Iranian scientist. And so begins an unprecedented international battle against space-based terror that will soon involve the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NORAD, and the CIA.
Author
Taiyo Fujii (藤井太洋 Fujii Taiyō?) (born 1971 in Amami Ōshima) is a Japanese science fiction writer. Awards 2015: Nihon SF Taisho for Orbital Cloud 2015: Seiun Award Japanese Long Form for Orbital Cloud Works English translations, long form[edit] Gene Mapper (2015), translation of Gene Mapper—full build— (2013) English translations, short form "Violation of the TrueNet Security Act" (2015), translation of "Koraborēshon" (コラボレーション?) (2012) "A Fair War" (2016), translation of "Kōseiteki sentō kihan" (公正的戦闘規範?) (2015)
