![The Fountains of Paradise The Fountains of Paradise](https://books.azurecurve.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/recencio-book-reviews/public/images/no-cover.jpg)
The year: 2142 A.D. The place: Taprobane, a tropical island paradise. The project: A giant space elevatot to transport men and materials to a point outside the earth's atmosphere. The man: Ace engineer Vannevar Morgan. The problem: Only suitable site is a sacred mountain jealously guarded by monks ...