Moon: Gemini Series, #1

By Don McAuley

A systems failure on an Apollo Lunar Module turns from bad to worse in an instant.

Astronauts John Campbell and Bill Goodwin face a problem so unexpected, it’s never been faced before. Their experience turns their belief systems upset down. The way they look at the sky. The way they believe what they’re told. Everything changed forever.

Not that it will matter much. Not from their lonely spot thousands of miles away. They have only hours to find a solution. If they don’t, the moon will become their final resting place, taking their secret with it.

Welcome to Moon, the first short story of the Gemini series. This tense, action-packed thriller reveals the race to survive against dwindling life support in a hostile world. If you love sci-fi with mystery and suspense, ‘Moon’ is one-click away.

To fully enjoy the Gemini series, they should be read in the following order:

Moon

Storms

Ancient

• Language: English
• Publisher: Don McAuley
• Release date: Dec 18, 2015
• ISBN: 9781519974754

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MOON

Gemini Series – Book 1

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DON McAULEY

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Copyright © 2015 DON McAULEY

Published By: DON McAULEY

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Book Description

A systems failure on an Apollo Lunar Module turns from bad to worse in minutes.

Commander John Campbell faces a problem so unexpected that it never made the training or the emergency manuals. On the last day of lunar exploration he and his fellow astronaut Bill Goodwin have only hours to come up with a solution

What they see turns their views on life upside down. Will they die alone with this knowledge or can they at least make the radio work to tell the world?

In this first short story of the Gemini series a tense, action-packed thriller reveals the race to survive against dwindling life support in a hostile world. If you love sci-fi with mystery and suspense you’ll love ‘Moon’.

MOON

Commander John Campbell placed his gloved hand on the dead Lunar Module that would likely become his coffin. He looked up at the infinite black backdrop and the distant earth he’d never return to. He’d never see his wife, Julie. His daughter, Clare.

The Command Module, orbiting miles above, would soon be forced to leave.

Forty minutes earlier.

That’s enough, John said, closing the lid on the sample container. We’ll get this fastened down to the Rover and we’re done here. That should be enough rock to keep them busy for years.

It sure will, Bill, the mission geologist said, as he wrote in crude letters on each