THE BEGINNING OF LIFE AWAITS AT THE END OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
A FROZEN ANSWER AT THE EDGE OF PLANETARY SPACE
Set to embark on NASA's first expedition to the outer planets, the crew
of the spacecraft Magellan learns someone else has beaten them by a few
decades: a top-secret Soviet project codenamed Arkangel.
Now during their long race to the Kuiper Belt, astronauts Jack Templeton
and Traci Keene must unwind a decades-old mystery buried in the pages of
a dead cosmonaut's journal. The solution will challenge their beliefs
about the nature of humanity, and will force the astronauts to confront
the question of existence itself. And the final answer lies at the edge
of the Solar System, waiting to change everything.
About Frozen Orbit:
". . . hard science fiction and an entertaining and gripping plot. . . .
Chiles nails the atmosphere of a NASA-run human spaceflight mission in
the 21st century, the jargon of the mission controllers and astronauts,
and the bureaucratic infighting characterizing today's NASA. . . . The
scenario and background . . . are the scaffolding on which a gripping
tale is formed. Readers experience the wonder the astronauts feel on a
remarkable voyage, groan as the Earth goes crazy as the expedition
progresses, and thrill to a powerful conclusion . . . science fiction at
its best."--The Galveston County Daily News
"The story moves quickly with elements of both a spy thriller and a
space race...Frozen Orbit could make for an impressive movie, one that
would stand with greats such as Contact or
Interstellar."--Booklist
About Farside by Patrick Chiles:
"The situations are realistic, the characters interesting, the perils
harrowing, and the stakes could not be higher...The story is one of
problem solving, adventure, survival, improvisation, and includes one of
the most unusual episodes of space combat in all of science fiction. It
would make a terrific movie."-- John Walker, Ricochet.com
"...a fast-paced and exciting story which bounces between the borders of
technological thriller and science fiction...Farside is an impressive
effort."--Mark Lardas, The Galveston County Daily News
