Death Orbit

Author and astronaut Chris Hadfield presents this thriller and an exciting journey into the dark heart of the space race during the Cold War. 1973. The last, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts on a tiny spaceship, a quarter-million miles from home. A quarter-million miles from help. NASA is about to launch Apollo 18. The mission was announced as scientific, but flight controller Kaz Zemeckis knows there is a hidden agenda. Intelligence has discovered a secret spy satellite, and only Apollo 18 has the one chance to destroy it. Kaz fights tooth and nail to keep the NASA crew one step ahead of their rivals, but an accident reveals that not all participants in the program are who they claim to be. As political stakes reach a critical level, the White House and the Kremlin will have to watch as their astronauts confront each other on the Moon's surface, far beyond the reach of the law or rescue teams. Full of thrilling technical details that fans of The Martian will love and reminiscent of the thrilling claustrophobia, plot twists, and suspense of The Hunt for Red October, Death Orbit is a high-stakes thriller unlike any other. Chris Hadfield captures the fierce launch g-forces, the icy solitude of space, and the fear of leaving a spacecraft orbiting Earth at 17,000 miles per hour in a way only someone who has experienced it all can. Buckle up and start the countdown! Commander Hadfield takes us on an exhilarating journey into an alternate past. No one writes better about astronauts than an astronaut himself! — Andy Weir This book is a must-read. Chris Hadfield's novel has authenticity because everything he describes, he has truly seen. — Frederick Forsyth Death Orbit is an exhilarating detective techno-thriller written by a man who has been to space himself and beautifully...