Back to the Moon

Homer Hickam

ISBN 10: 0440235383 / ISBN 13: 9780440235385

Published by Random House USA Inc, 2000

About this Item

A renegade astronaut hijacks a shuttle and blasts off on a high-speed chase to the moon--"a great adventure yarn" (The Washington Post Book World) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys "[Full of] escalating tension, danger, and excitement."--The New York Times Book Review The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins. . . . 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Back to the Moon
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440235383
• ISBN 13: 9780440235385
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A renegade astronaut hijacks a shuttle and blasts off on a high-speed chase to the moon—“a great adventure yarn” (The Washington Post Book World) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys

“[Full of] escalating tension, danger, and excitement.”—The New York Times Book Review

The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins. . . .

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.

About the Author

Homer H. Hickam, Jr., was born and raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. The author of Torpedo Junction, a Military History Book of the Month Club selection, as well as numerous articles for such publications as Smithsonian Air and Space and American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for the International Space Program and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.