Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
Harry Barnett is shocked to learn that he has a son - David Venning, a brilliant mathematician, now languishing in hospital in a diabetic coma. And this is only the first and smallest of the mysteries he is about to encounter.

It is not known whether David's condition is due to an accident or a suicide attempt. But Harry discovers that his mathematical notebooks are missing from the hotel room where he was found. And two other scientists employed by the same American forecasting institute have died in suspicious circumstances.

Driven on by the slim hope of saving the son he never knew he had, Harry goes in search of the truth and finds himself entangled in several different kinds of conspiracy - none of which he ought to stand the slightest chance of defeating.

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun. Corgi Books, ISBN: 9780552164962 (December, 2011), 427 p., £7.99

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
Harry Barnett is the unlikely hero of Robert Goddard's atmospheric and sophisticated thriller, Out of the Sun. Harry's mundane, gin-soaked bachelorhood is interrupted by the news that an alleged son of his, the brilliant mathematician David Venning, has been hospitalized in a diabetic coma. Harry immediately resolves the question of his paternity, but other, darker mysteries quickly intervene. Venning's tragic condition appears to be either accidental or self-inflicted. But precious notebooks are missing from the hotel room in which he was found. And two other seien-tists employed, like Venning, by Globescope Inc., an American forecasting institute, have died in suspicious circumstances. Harry-suddenly a makeshift investigator but always a master of sardonie wit-finds himself propelled into an international arena of conspiratorial intrigue, where he battles to help the son he's never met.

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun. Owl Publishing, ISBN: 0805058362 (June, 1998), 352 p., $13.00

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun (USA 1997)

From the Publisher:
When Harry Barnett is informed that his son has been hospitalized in a diabetic coma, he thinks there is some mistake. He doesn't have a son. But Harry soon discovers otherwise. David Venning, a brilliant mathematician working in realms of thought that only a handful of people on earth could even begin to compreh, is now susped somewhere between life and death.

The question of Harry's paternity is immediately resolved, but other, darker mysteries quickly intervene. David Venning's tragic condition appears to be either accidental or self-inflicted. But his precious notebooks are missing from the hotel room in which he was found. Two other scientists employed have died in suspicious circumstances. Harry is propelled into an arena of conspiratorial intrigue, brilliantly rered by Goddard's deft and atmostpheric prose. He journeys to Europe and the United States in search of the truth, in an effort to help the son that he's never met.

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun. Henry Holt & Co., ISBN: 0805051090 (June, 1997), 341 p., $25.00

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun (UK 1996)

David's condition is attributed to an accident or suicide attempt. But Harry discovers that his mathematical notebooks are missing from the hotel room where he was found and two other scientists employed by the same American forecasting institute have died in suspicious circumstances. Driven on by the slim hope of saving the son he never knew he had, Harry goes in search of the truth and finds himself entangled in several different kinds of conspiracy - none of which he ought to stand the slightest chance of defeating.

Harry Barnett was the flawed hero of Robert Goddard's earlier novel, the award-winning Into the Blue. But nothing in that experience prepared him - or the reader - for the baffling conundrums and heart stopping suspense of Out of the Sun.

Robert Goddard: Out of the Sun. Corgi Books, ISBN: 0552142247 (December, 1996), 410 p., £5.99