Hot Moon
HAVE YOU READ ONE OF THE BEST SF BOOKS OF 2022? "A nail-biting thriller."-Publishers Weekly
"I loved it. Great 'hard' science fiction with convincing space battles. "-Larry Niven
"Will delight and enthrall."-Library Journal
"A provocative science fiction novel."-Foreword Reviews
"A superb mind-expanding sci-fi novel!"-Grady Harp (Amazon Hall of Fame Top100 Reviewer)
From the two-time Sidewise Award-winning
author of the acclaimed Clash of Eagles trilogy
comes 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.
Apollo 32, commanded by career astronaut Vivian Carter, docks at NASA's Columbia 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.
Their 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.
With 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, Hot Moon tells the gripping story of a war in space that very nearly might have been.
Author: Alan Smale
Publisher: CAEZIK SF & Fantasy
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 476
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781647100506
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2022
Library Journal 06/01/2022 pg. 132
About the Author
Smale, Alan: - Alan Smale writes alternate and twisted history, and hard
SF. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient America, "A Clash of
Eagles", won the Sidewise Award. Alan has also sold over forty
short stories to Asimov's, Abyss & Apex, Writers of the Future, and other
magazines and anthologies.
Alan grew up in Yorkshire, England, and earned degrees in
Physics and Astrophysics from Oxford University. By day he performs
astronomical research into black holes and neutron stars at NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center, with over a hundred published academic papers; by night he
sings bass with high-energy vocal band The Chromatics, and is co-creator of
their educational AstroCappella project, spreading astronomy through a cappella
in schools nationwide. Find him online at https: //www.alansmale.com,
Facebook/AlanSmale, and Twitter/@AlanSmale.
"I loved it. Great 'hard' science fiction with convincing space battles. "-Larry Niven
"Will delight and enthrall."-Library Journal
"A provocative science fiction novel."-Foreword Reviews
"A superb mind-expanding sci-fi novel!"-Grady Harp (Amazon Hall of Fame Top100 Reviewer)
From the two-time Sidewise Award-winning
author of the acclaimed Clash of Eagles trilogy
comes 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.
Apollo 32, commanded by career astronaut Vivian Carter, docks at NASA's Columbia 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.
Their 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.
With 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, Hot Moon tells the gripping story of a war in space that very nearly might have been.
Author: Alan Smale
Publisher: CAEZIK SF & Fantasy
Published: 07/26/2022
Pages: 476
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781647100506
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/23/2022
Library Journal 06/01/2022 pg. 132
About the Author
Smale, Alan: - Alan Smale writes alternate and twisted history, and hard
SF. His novella of a Roman invasion of ancient America, "A Clash of
Eagles", won the Sidewise Award. Alan has also sold over forty
short stories to Asimov's, Abyss & Apex, Writers of the Future, and other
magazines and anthologies.
Alan grew up in Yorkshire, England, and earned degrees in
Physics and Astrophysics from Oxford University. By day he performs
astronomical research into black holes and neutron stars at NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center, with over a hundred published academic papers; by night he
sings bass with high-energy vocal band The Chromatics, and is co-creator of
their educational AstroCappella project, spreading astronomy through a cappella
in schools nationwide. Find him online at https: //www.alansmale.com,
Facebook/AlanSmale, and Twitter/@AlanSmale.
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