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THE LAST ASTRONAUT
A suspenseful, fast-paced story of first contact with an alien
object that would destroy all life on Earth.
Sally Jansen was speculated to be the primary girl to stroll on Mars.
However the 2034 Orion catastrophe put an
finish not simply to the Mars mission, however to Jansen’s profession and any future
crewed NASA missions together with it. Nonetheless, when a mysterious object exhibits up in
the photo voltaic system and begins slowing down, everybody from NASA to its
private-sector competitor, KSpace, is aware of precisely what meaning: This factor is
alien. And it’s headed straight for Earth. NASA’s received simply 4 months to place
collectively a workforce to go and make contact with this alien object (earlier than KSpace
will get there, if potential) and attempt to discover out what it desires. And meaning
Jansen’s getting again in Orion for
yet another mission. With the destiny of the human race hanging within the steadiness, the
stakes couldn’t be larger, however every member of the Orion workforce has their very own private agenda, as properly—notably
Jansen, who’s decided that this mission received’t finish the way in which her final one did.
As soon as they get contained in the alien craft, the story strikes seamlessly into darkish,
psychological horror because the crew struggles to outlive and make sense of the
incomprehensible risks they discover.
A race towards time to avoid wasting humankind, a veteran astronaut making an attempt
to make issues proper, and an totally unusual and genuinely horrifying alien
world to discover—this story’s received all the things.