The Burning Hour: A Hard Sci-Fi Action-Thriller Short Story

By K. E. Messerly

THE BURNING HOUR
A novel by K. E. Messerly

Six weeks until impact.
A solar flare of unprecedented magnitude is racing toward Earth. It will shatter satellites, drown cities in radiation, and collapse the world as we know it. Humanity's only hope? A decommissioned fission-satellite array... and six people willing to die to bring it back online.

One ship. One mission. Zero chance of survival.

As the world watches, a crew of scientists, soldiers, and misfits boards the Baby Saver, a thermonuclear spacecraft bound for the edge of the sun. Their job: build a shield to save the planet. Their price: everything.

Gripping, cinematic, and emotionally charged, The Burning Hour is a high-stakes sci-fi thriller about sacrifice, legacy, and the brutal beauty of choosing to die so others might live.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FB9QQDTM
• ISBN13: 9798285072379
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 53 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.1" x 5.5"