"Silver Tower"

Silver Tower (Dale Brown)

Hey, remember in 1993 when Gorbachov was overthrown by the Evil Russian Communists (TM) and a moderate, pro-USA faction took over in Iran and we all flew in our spaceplanes to our armored space stations full of lasers and particle beams? Good times. That's the setting for this enjoyably dated techno-trash, centered around the titular Silver Tower, a space station the US uses to keep an eye on the Soviet invasion of Iran, until it comes under spaceplane attack from the resurgent Commies. I'm sure when this came out it was a chilling look at something something or a pulse pounding blah blah, but now it's a charmingly goofy retro-future full of cartoon characters. Frankly, I think this helps the book rather than hurts it, but I'm not sure I'd really recommend this book unless you love:

1.) Tom Clancy-style trash
2.) Evil Russian Communists (TM)
3.) Goof-ass visions of the 90's and now that never came to pass

If you do meet all three criteria, please contact my parents, who I'm going to be giving this book to, and you may want to act fast before they take it to the used book store.

Grade: B-