{"product_id":"hot-moon-9781647100506","title":"Hot Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eHAVE YOU READ ONE OF THE BEST SF BOOKS OF 2022? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A nail-biting thriller.\"-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I loved it. Great 'hard' science fiction with convincing space \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebattles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003cb\u003eLarry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Will delight and enthrall.\"\u003ci\u003e-Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative science fiction novel.\"\u003ci\u003e-Foreword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb mind-expanding sci-fi novel!\"\u003ci\u003e-Grady Harp (Amazon Hall of Fame Top100 Reviewer)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the two-time Sidewise Award-winning\u003cbr\u003eauthor of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eClash of Eagles \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy\u003cbr\u003ecomes an alternate 1979 where the US and the Soviets have permanent Moon bases, orbiting space stations, and crewed spy satellites supported by frequent rocket launches.\u003cbr\u003eApollo 32, commanded by career astronaut Vivian Carter, docks at NASA's \u003ci\u003eColumbia\u003c\/i\u003e space station en route to its main mission: exploring the volcanic Marius Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to assault the orbiting station. In an unplanned and desperate move, Vivian spacewalks through hard vacuum back to her Lunar Module and crew and escapes right before the station falls into Soviet hands.\u003cbr\u003eTheir original mission scrubbed, Vivian and her crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA scientific outpost with a crew of eighteen. But soon Hadley, too, will come under Soviet attack, forcing its unarmed astronauts to daring acts of ingenuity and improvisation.\u003cbr\u003eWith multiple viewpoints, shifting from American to Soviet perspective, from occupied space station to American Moon base under siege, to a covert and blistering US Air Force military response, \u003ci\u003eHot Moon \u003c\/i\u003etells the gripping story of a war in space that very nearly might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmale, Alan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Alan Smale writes alternate and twisted history, and hard\u003cbr\u003eSF. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient America, \"A Clash of\u003cbr\u003eEagles\", won the Sidewise Award. Alan has also sold over forty\u003cbr\u003eshort stories to Asimov's, Abyss \u0026amp; Apex, Writers of the Future, and other\u003cbr\u003emagazines and anthologies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan grew up in Yorkshire, England, and earned degrees in\u003cbr\u003ePhysics and Astrophysics from Oxford University. By day he performs\u003cbr\u003eastronomical research into black holes and neutron stars at NASA's Goddard\u003cbr\u003eSpace Flight Center, with over a hundred published academic papers; by night he\u003cbr\u003esings bass with high-energy vocal band The Chromatics, and is co-creator of\u003cbr\u003etheir educational AstroCappella project, spreading astronomy through a cappella\u003cbr\u003ein schools nationwide. Find him online at https: \/\/www.alansmale.com, \u003cbr\u003eFacebook\/AlanSmale, and Twitter\/@AlanSmale.","brand":"CAEZIK SF \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450455462162,"sku":"9781647100506","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91e823bb-80f8-4419-a5d5-657f8547e2f1.jpg?v=1729756165","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hot-moon-9781647100506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}