Escape Orbit
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A RACE AGAINST TIME AND A GATEWAY TO THE UNKNOWN AWAITS
Thrilling space adventure from a Marine vet.
Five years ago, astronaut Jack Templeton took the spacecraft Magellan to the farthest reaches of our solar system, never to be heard from again.
Until now.
When the Magellan suddenly reappears where an undiscovered planet was suspected to be, it poses more questions than answers. How did Jack survive all this time? Can he be rescued before his life support runs out? And what is the object long thought to be the elusive “Planet Nine?”
In a race against time, Jack’s former crewmate Traci Keene spearheads a desperate effort to outfit a rescue mission. But she has competition. Agencies of both American and foreign governments have their own agendas, and rescuing rogue astronauts isn’t among them.
And at the edge of all that is known, a gateway to the unknown awaits. . . .
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About Frozen Orbit:
“. . . hard science fiction and an entertaining and gripping plot. . . . science fiction at its best.” —The Galveston County Daily News
About Farside:
“The situations are realistic, the characters interesting, the perils harrowing, and the stakes could not be higher.” —John Walker, Ricochet.com
Patrick Chiles is a graduate of The Citadel, a Marine Corps veteran, and a private pilot. In addition to his novels, he has written for magazines including Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chiles couches a high-stakes rescue mission in a fascinating and believable methodology for traversing space in this sequel to Frozen Orbit. Astronaut Jack Templeton and sentient ship AI Daisy reach the position of the hypothesized Planet Nine, only to discover something far stranger than a rogue planet: "a concentration of dark matter." Though part of a series, this outing's self-contained plot and interwoven backstory is easy for new readers to follow as mission control on Earth reacts to the reappearance of Jack's ship at Planet Nine after disappearing from their radar five years prior. Jack's former crewmates, Traci and Roy, immediately push for a rescue mission to extract Jack from a ship running dangerously low on supplies, but political red tape and maneuvering keep them grounded as their private space flight company clashes with the government. Much of this space opera's enjoyment stems from Chiles's use of convincing science; he doesn't shy away from the inconvenient realities of space exploration, depicting the muscle wasting caused by extended torpor, the risks of rebreathing one's own oxygen, and the travel times required to traverse space when Traci bets everything on a last-ditch effort to save Jack. This is sure to impress sci-fi fans.
