{"product_id":"the-dabare-snake-launcher-joelle-presby-9781982192259","title":"The Dabare Snake Launcher","description":"\u003cb\u003eA RACE TO BUILD THE FIRST SPACE ELEVATOR IN AFRICA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew money, old tribes, and international megacorps race to build the first space elevator. With a little Dabare magic, it just might work! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Sadous, an oil-rich West African family, are handed a plum contract as repayment for a decades-old favor that could tie them into an industry of the future--if the family doesn't tear itself apart first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two engineer daughters of the Sadou family, Pascaline and Maurie, upon whom the burden of success rests, have troubles of their own. One wants nothing more than to leave and make her own name as an engineering prodigy, while the other is troubled by fever dreams and snakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ethan Schmidt-Li is an ambitious megacorp executive with eyes on a big promotion--only to get more than he bargained for when put in charge of the company's make-or-break project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Endeley Adamou is the powerful nephew of a Bakweri chieftain walking the fine line between modernization and tribal tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are some of the people that Tchami \"Chummy\" Fabrice has brought together to an ambitious end: constructing the world's first space elevator in Africa and ensuring the space industry that it catapults will enrich the continent and all involved. They have the carbon nanofiber, prime land around Kilimanjaro, and a captured rock in orbit for the tether. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hard part will be getting all these different people working together long enough to see it built. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDabare Snake Launcher: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Joelle Presby's novel is a fascinating fictional look behind the scenes of the construction of the world's first space elevator in a near-future version of Africa that has enough grounded elements to be thoroughly believable . . . The story maintains a keen eye on the largely larger-than-life characters and respect for the business processes, customs, and beliefs of the people on the ground making things happen.\" --Wole Talabi, Locus Award-nominated author and editor of\u003ci\u003e Africanfuturism: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"You guys should all be on the lookout for Joelle Presby's solo Baen novel \u003ci\u003eTHE DABARE SNAKE LAUNCHER\u003c\/i\u003e. It is . . . remarkable. Just truly, truly remarkable.\" --David Weber, \u003ci\u003eNYT\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of the \u003ci\u003eHonorverse\u003c\/i\u003e series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The Dabare Snake Launcher is a very believable depiction of when this species decides to do something amazing: backstabbing, plotting, and inflamed passions galore. Presby has created a future that I could easily imagine reading on the news in a few decades, and the novel is all the better for it.\" --\u003ci\u003eWarped Factor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Dabare Snake Launcher\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a journey of possibilities, an Africa foremost in groundbreaking technology and not focused on deprivation and poverty. Joelle's writing is nuanced . . . There's family drama . . . romance . . . and laugh-out-loud humour. Writing is vivid and the characters fascinating.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eHannah Onoguwe, author and poet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Set in Cameroon, where the author lived for many years, and full of lovely detail about the local cultures, clashes between traditional and modern, and differing expectations.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eJane Lindskold, author of the \u003ci\u003eStar Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e series and \u003ci\u003eOver Where\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Joelle Presby: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Joelle Presby has a knack for engaging characters and plots that skillfully walk the line between science and storytelling.\" --Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Nebula Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated author and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best African Speculative Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Presby's prose is efficient and shows intricate knowledge of both engineering and engineering management considerations. This infuses the story with the sensibility of a techno-thriller without the usual breakneck action pace that can sometimes sacrifice character development . . . I am eager to see what Presby writes next.\" --Wole Talabi, Locus Award-nominated author and editor of \u003ci\u003eAfricanfuturism: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joelle Presby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982192259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982192259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Joelle Presby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069258166527,"sku":"9781982192259","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7dce37db-450c-436e-8d86-232473728c12.jpg?v=1685423714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dabare-snake-launcher-joelle-presby-9781982192259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}