Dabare Snake Launcher

Joelle Presbys novel THE DABARE SNAKE LAUNCHER is a fascinating fictional look behind the scenes of the construction of the worlds first space elevator in a near-future version of Africa. It is remarkable and believable, with family drama, romance, and laugh-out-loud humour. Set in Cameroon, it is full of lovely detail about the local cultures, clashes between traditional and modern, and differing expectations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 06 November 2023
Publisher: Baen Books

New money, old tribes, and international megacorps race to build the first space elevator, with the Sadous, an oil-rich West African family, handed a plum contract as repayment for a decades-old favor. Two engineer daughters of the Sadou family, Pascaline and Maurie, have troubles of their own, with one wanting to leave and make her own name as an engineering prodigy and the other troubled by fever dreams and snakes. Ethan Schmidt-Li is an ambitious megacorp executive with eyes on a big promotion, but gets more than he bargained for when put in charge of the company's make-or-break project. Endeley Adamou is the powerful nephew of a Bakweri chieftain walking the fine line between modernization and tribal tradition. Tchami "Chummy" Fabrice has brought together a group of people to construct the world's first space elevator in Africa and ensure 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, but the hard part will be getting all these different people working together long enough to see it built. Praise for The Dabare Snake Launcher: "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."

ISBN-13: 9781982193041