Starstrike: A Jon Firth novel

By James Calder

Some discoveries change history. Others expose the lies history was built upon.

NZSIS agent Jon Firth is behind a Wellington desk, called out of retirement and not yet forgiven for being good at it, when the file lands in front of him.

Philanthropist Sir Tenby Graan's new private launch facility on New Zealand's remote Māhia Peninsula appears beyond reproach. The paperwork is flawless. The inspections pass. Yet foreign intelligence agencies are watching the site with unusual interest-not because of what is launching into space, but because of what may already be there.
Sent in under the cover of a routine government compliance investigation, Firth uncovers a rocket built for a mission no commercial operator should need, a payload hidden from every official manifest, and an engineer who has unknowingly become part of a deception decades in the making.

As rival nations close in and the countdown begins, Firth is drawn towards a truth buried beneath New Zealand for generations-a truth connected to Mount Somers and to a mystery that reaches far beyond modern science.
Some launches change the future.

This one could change humanity's understanding of its past.

Starstrike is the third novel in the Jon Firth series, following Return and Reckoning.

Perfect for readers of intelligent espionage thrillers where real science, international intrigue and buried secrets collide

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7PCX2WS
• ISBN13: 9798185646649
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"