Apollo Murders #3
Mulholland Books
October 2025
On Sale: October 7, 2025
416 pages ISBN: 0316581682 EAN: 9780316581684 Kindle: B0DY7FYYS3 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about China's secret role in the space raceβwritten by the New York TimesΒ bestselling author ofΒ The Apollo MurdersΒ and one of the most experienced astronauts alive. Β Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident onboard the orbiting spacecraft changes everything. Β Meanwhile, from a remote location in east Asia, the first Chinese spacecraft secretly launches. On board is Chinaβs first astronaut, Fang Kuo-chun, whose mission puts him on a collision course with the Apollo crew. Β As Kaz races against an enemy on the ground and for answers beyond the sky, the safety of the remaining crew hangs in the balanceβ¦
Perfect for fans of Project Hail Mary and filled with shocking twists and real historyβincluding the fascinating story of Professor Tsien Hsue-shen, the βFather of Chinese Rocketryβ and founder of Chinaβs space programβFinal Orbit accelerates to a thrilling conclusion that captures the beauty and terror of survival 270 miles above Earth, as could only be written by one of the world's most experienced astronauts.