Earthlight

Too short for what the author was doing.

This book seems to tell three stories in one - a spy story, a story of political conflict escalating towards war and the story of human exploration and settlement of the solar system.

If Clarke had taken more time to explore these things this would have been a great novel. At double the length he would have done justice to all the threads. The way it is, the book feels quite rushed.

I have no other complaints and enjoyed it a lot.

Mostly recommended.