Worlds Asunder

By Kirt C Hickman

Edward "Chase" Morgan, NASA's accident investigator at Lunar Alpha Base, plans an uneventful retirement--until the crash of the Stellarfare Phoenix kills the United States Secretary of Energy and turns Chase's last case into a fight to avert war. Evidence of deliberate sabotage and Chinese government involvement suggest that this is the first in series of a political moves designed to undermine America's interplanetary clout. Events escalate as both sides break decades-old treaties. But when Chase learns that someone fabricated the evidence, he suspects conspiracy. Now he must find proof before the expanding crisis tears all of the colonized worlds asunder.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979633001
• ISBN13: 9780979633003
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Quillrunner Publishing LLC
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Page Turner. Compelling Story.

Until Worlds Asunder I'd never been to the moon. I'd looked at it a lot and thought of sending some people there, but never had the sense of actually being there. I do now. Other than reading Ray Bradbury some years ago, I'd not read much science fiction. This book makes me think I've missed much for not sooner looking at this genre. What surprised me in this book is the author's ability to quickly transpose the reader to a future time. He made me believe I'd made that leap, introduced future technologies, and, to my surprise, didn't leave me feeling intimidated or bored by their descriptions. This detail, smoothly interweaved with the essentials of good story telling, kept me turning pages and comfortably transitioned to a world of the future. I'm waiting for Kirt's next book

A Great Read

As a kid, I was addicted to science fiction. From Tom Swift to Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury, I devoured them all. I even took a sci-fi lit course in college. But apart from a brief return to the genre in the '80s for Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, it's been 30 years since I've read any science fiction. I just wasn't into it. Kirt Hickman's debut novel, Worlds Asunder, may have cured me of my indifference. Or perhaps it's just created a new addition: to Hickman's storytelling. The science in Worlds Asunder is credible and, given Hickman's engineering background, probably accurate. But it's the fiction side of the "science fiction" label that kept me wanting more. Clean, clear and compelling, Hickman's action-packed story gripped me from the first page and didn't release me until its satisfying conclusion 260 pages later. Worlds Asunder is a great read -- whether you're a sci-fi aficionado or just like a first-class story. I'm looking forward to whatever Hickman comes up with next. - Mark David Gerson award winning author of The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write and The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy

Great Book!!

I loved Worlds Asunder! Not only did the author give us all the necessary clues, without letting on as to the big reveal, but he managed to create a world with amazing technological developments. His world is so real that it made it very easy to see that this is exactly how our world might develop over the next few hundred years.