You guys know I'm a total space buff, so there's no way I can pass up this book. Yep, say no more! Just dangle Apollo anything in front of me and I'm instantly hooked. But when things start to go wrong, who can they really trust a quarter million miles from home?

Set during the Cold War era, three astronauts must make the journey for the good of country and science. Hailed as the last of its kind, it would be fraught with peril and steeped in secrecy. Imagine if there had been an Apollo 18 mission. 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. 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.įull 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. Intelligence has discovered a secret Soviet space station spying on America, and Apollo 18 may be the only chance to stop it.īut 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. While the mission has been billed as a scientific one, flight controller Kazimieras 'Kaz' Zemeckis knows there is a darker objective. Three astronauts in a tiny spaceship, a quarter million miles from home.

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).ġ973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon.

The apollo murders by chris hadfield