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.
Publishing
Translator: Timothy Silver
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Haikasoru (March 21, 2017)
Language: English
Publisher’s page Haikasoru.com
Award
- 35th Nihon SF Taisho Award
- 46th Seiun Award
- Best SF of 2014 in Japan
Review
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- Marissa Lingen blog: Orbital Cloud, by Taiyo Fujii
- Rachel on Kalanadi: Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii | Review #VEDA 12 (video)
- James Nicoll Review: ‘Cause Two Can Keep a Secret If One of Them is Dead
- SAMOVER ORBITAL CLOUD BY TAIYO FUJII, TRANSLATED BY TIMOTHY SILVER , by Rachel Cordasco
- complete review Orbital Cloud – Fujii Taiyo
- B&N blog Orbital Cloud Sets a New Standard for Sci-Fi Spy Adventures by Shana DuBois
Exerpts
- Haikasoru: Orbital Cloud
- The Verge: READ AN EXCERPT FROM TAIYO FUJII’S UPCOMING SCI-FI NOVEL, ORBITAL CLOUD
- Lightspeed Magazine Mar. 2017 (Issue 82)
Interview
- Exclusive Interview: Orbital Cloud Author Taiyo Fujii by Paul Semel (@paulsemel)
- VIS blog: A Positive Future Prevails in Orbital Cloud by Nick Mamatas