The Steps of the Sun

The Steps of the Sun, first published in 1983, is Walter Tevis's science fiction novel set in a future in which an energy-starved United States has fallen behind China, the dominant world power. Ben Belson, a restless billionaire, defies the authorities to fly a spaceship to distant planets in search of uranium and new energy sources, and the journey forces him to confront his phobias, failed marriages and empty pursuit of success.

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