Back to the MoonThe shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins.... In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America's first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred joyride of a thriller, he straps us into the cockpit of the space shuttle Columbia as a renegade rocket man hijacks the shuttle—and blasts off on a Mach-speed chase into space.... Jack Medaris is a man haunted by his past and driven by a dream: He's risking everything to "borrow" the Columbia—and pilot it to the moon. He didn't plan on an unexpected passenger, beautiful celebrity daredevil and scientist Penny High Eagle. To Penny, this hijacking will test every bit of her mettle as an adventurer—and as a woman. To Jack, the mission is a personal quest—to return to the moon and bring back what America left behind, something so explosive, it could change the future of the world. Now, as the U.S. government scrambles to the chase, and as deadly forces are deployed from earth to stop them, a man and a woman find their fates inextricably entwined. And in the savage emptiness of deep space, their only hope is to join forces to reach the lunar surface. Then comes the hard part. Getting home alive. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 15 |
Section 4 | 33 |
Section 5 | 75 |
Section 6 | 77 |
Section 7 | 125 |
Section 8 | 177 |
Section 14 | 325 |
Section 15 | 327 |
Section 16 | 357 |
Section 17 | 373 |
Section 18 | 375 |
Section 19 | 395 |
Section 20 | 433 |
Section 21 | 435 |
Section 9 | 223 |
Section 10 | 257 |
Section 11 | 275 |
Section 12 | 303 |
Section 13 | 321 |
Section 22 | 443 |
Section 23 | 449 |
Section 24 | 483 |
Section 25 | 487 |
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