Starfire

By Paul Preuss

Book Overview

"A terrific novel, I heartily recommend it." --Orson Scott Card After a solar flare accident in orbit, Travis is a hero: the first astronaut to bail out of a spacecraft and live. NASA, however, had advised against the bailout--and as punishment for violating orders, Travis is grounded on earth, never to fly again. Then comes Starfire, an experimental spacecraft that could be capable of interstellar flight. Travis fights a desperate political battle to become a crewmember, and his go-it-alone attitude makes for some rough going. Starfire's planned maiden voyage is to land on an asteroid that is heading toward a close loop around the sun, stay long enough to explore, then return to Earth by way of a gravity boost around Venus. But during the mission, disaster strikes again: the ship is hit by a huge solar flare and must take shelter in the shadow of the asteroid, even while falling ever closer to the sun. The aim of the mission now becomes desperate survival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682301575
• ISBN13: 9781682301579
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Diversion Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"