The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins….
In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America’s first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred joyride of a thriller, he straps us into the cockpit of the space shuttle Columbia as a renegade rocket man hijacks the shuttle—and blasts off on a Mach-speed chase into space….
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 Back to the Moon
The shuttle is hijacked. Now the countdown to adventure begins….
In his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, October Sky, real-life NASA engineer Homer Hickam captured the excitement of America’s first space ventures. Now, in this no-holds-barred joyride of a thriller, he straps us into the cockpit of the space shuttle Columbia as a renegade rocket man hijacks the shuttle–and blasts off on a Mach-speed chase into space….
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.
Homer Hickam 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 Air & Space/Smithsonian and American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for… More about Homer Hickam
About Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam 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 Air & Space/Smithsonian and American History Illustrated, he is a NASA payload training manager for… More about Homer Hickam
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
Published by Island Books Apr 11, 2000| 512 Pages| 4-3/16 x 6-7/8| ISBN 9780440235385
Ebook | $5.99
Published by Dell Jun 20, 1999| 464 Pages| ISBN 9780440334170
"Wonderful….A great adventure yarn….Danger keeps zapping at you from all sides at top-gun speed…the action is nonstop." —The Washington Post Book World
"Escalating tension, danger and excitement." —The New York Times Book Review
