I greatly enjoyed Ben Bova's Grand Tour set of novels. This book, part of a trilogy, was written in the early 70's and not quite up to par of Bova's later novels. The story is about a dystopian future, in which the world government decides to exile the best and brightest scientists as they feel they are a bad influence on a dysfunctional world. Actually, a story that could be written today with some updating. ( )