An exceptional debut thriller and exciting journey into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race from New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary ).
Strap in for the ride! -- Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X. . . -- Frederick Forsyth, author of The Day of the Jackal An explosive thriller by a writer who has actually been to space . --James Cameron, writer and director of Avatar and Titanic Not to be missed.
I couldn\'t put it down. . . -- The New York Times Nail-biting .
Featuring undercover spies, scheming Russians and psychopathic murderers, sometimes all at once, it teems with authoritative details.
Packed with cosmic action...
Strap in and count down for the ride of a lifetime.
Chris Hadfield captures the fierce G-forces of launch, the frozen loneliness of space, and the fear of holding on to the outside of a spacecraft orbiting the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour as only someone who has experienced all of these things in real life can.
Full of the fascinating technical detail that fans of The Martian loved, and reminiscent of the thrilling claustrophobia, twists, and tension of The Hunt for Red October , The Apollo Murders is a high-stakes thriller unlike any other.
With political stakes stretched to the breaking point, the White House and the Kremlin can only watch as their astronauts collide on the lunar surface, far beyond the reach of law or rescue.
But even as Kaz races to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their Russian rivals, a deadly accident reveals that not everyone involved is quite who they were thought to be.
Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.
While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras Kaz Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective.
NASA is about to launch Apollo 18.
A quarter million miles from help.
Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home. 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon.
An exceptional debut thriller and exciting journey into the dark heart of the Cold War and the space race from New York Times bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield (Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary )
