Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike
Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one
man uncovers the secret history of the US space program…
Early in his career, Jerry Culpepper could
never have been accused of being idealistic. Doing public
relations—even for politicians—was strictly business...until
he was hired as NASA’s public affairs director and
discovered a client he could believe in. Proud of the
agency’s history and sure of its destiny, he was thrilled to
be a part of its future—a bright era of far-reaching space
exploration.
But public disinterest and budget cuts
changed that future. Now, a half century after the first
moon landing, Jerry feels like the only one with stars—and
unexplored planets and solar systems—in his eyes.
Still, Jerry does his job, trying to drum up
interest in the legacy of the agency. Then a fifty-year-old
secret about the Apollo XI mission is revealed, and he finds
himself embroiled in the biggest controversy of the
twenty-first century, one that will test his ability—and his
willingness—to spin the truth about a conspiracy of
reality-altering proportions...