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An authentic and chilling eyesight of life for the Moon, where dirt kills as quickly as the vacuum of space…but murder is even quicker-a fast-paced, cinematic science fiction thriller, this debut novel combines the inventiveness of The Martian, the intrigue from the Expanse, and the thrills of Crimson Rising.

The Moon smells like gunpowder. Every lunar walker since Apollo 11 offers observed it: a burnt-metal aroma that reminds them of battle. Caden Dechert, the chief from the U.S. mining operation on the edge of the ocean of Serenity, thinks the smell is just a trick of the mind-a reminder of his harrowing days as a Sea in the war-torn Middle East back on Earth.

It’s 2072, and lunar helium-3 mining is powering the fusion reactors that are getting Earth back from environmental disaster. But competing for the richest award in the annals of the globe has demolished the oldest rule in space: Security for All. When a bomb kills one of Dechert’s diggers on Mare Serenitatis, the haunted veteran goes on the hunt to expose at fault before even more blood can be spilled.

But mainly because Dechert races to solve the initial murder in the history of the Moon, he gets caught in the crosshairs of two global forces spoiling for the fight. Reluctant to end up being the match that lighting this powder-keg, Dechert knows his life and the ones of his team are meaningless towards the politicians. A whole lot worse, he knows the killer is still out there, hunting.

In his desperate attempts to save his crew and prevent the catastrophe he sees coming, the former Marine uncovers an unhealthy conspiracy that, with one spark, can ignite a full lunar war, wipe out his team . and perhaps plunge the planet earth back to darkness.