In this "heart-pounding" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) aviation
thriller, New York Times bestselling author John J. Nance takes
readers on a riveting journey of life or death.
The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American
Space Adventure's first commercial spaceflight is a dream come true. One
grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. It's a
bittersweet moment of triumph, however, muted by his wife's terror over
his accepting the prize. The day of the launch, Kip tries to reconcile
his wife's and daughters' fears and even tries calling his estranged
son, to no avail. He sets off, vowing to make amends upon his return.
But a successful launch quickly morphs into chaos when a micrometeor
punches through the wall of the spacecraft, leaving the radios as dead
as the pilot.
In the blink of an eye, Kip Dawson is truly alone and has no way of
navigating the ship home. With nothing to do but wait for his 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.
