
Orbit
John J. Nance(Author)
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 16. October 2006
Book
Other book format
368 pages
978-0-7432-5052-8 (ISBN)
Description
The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure's spacecraft is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. But the thrill of the successful launch turns to terror when a micrometeorite penetrates the capsule, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot. Reality hits: Kip isn't going home. With nothing to do but wait for his doomed fate, Kip writes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer, unaware that an audience of millions has discovered it and is tracking his every word on the Internet. As a massive struggle gets under way to rescue him, Kip has no idea that the world can hear his cries - or that his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-5052-8 (9780743250528)
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E-Book
03/2006
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
€13.84
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Person
John Nance, aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on Good Morning America, is also a veteran Boeing 737 captain, a decorated Air Force pilot veteran, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the USAF Reserve. He is the author of seventeen books, including PANDORA'S CLOCK (Pan) and MEDUSA'S CHILD (Pan), which were both made into major television miniseries.