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The Last Astronaut

The Last Astronaut: Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award

Paperback Published on: 25/07/2019
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The Last Astronaut
Like The Martian, but better
Classic near future space opera but with an up-to-date approach to characterisation and dialogue, The Last Astronaut is a gripping tale of a NASA expeditio... READ MORE
John at Lisburn

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020

A huge alien object has entered the solar system and is now poised above the Earth. It has made no attempt to communicate.

Out of time and options, NASA turns to its last living astronaut - Commander Sally Jansen, who must lead a team of raw recruits on a mission to make First Contact.

But as the object reveals its secrets, Jansen and her crew find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival - against the cold vacuum of space, and something far, far worse ...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780356512297
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 26 mm
  • Weight: 260g
  • Languages: English

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The Last Astronaut
A Meeting In Space
Take Space X and The Artemis Program and mix them up with classic horror fuelled science fiction and that’s what you can expect from this book. A big objec... READ MORE
Racheleanne
The Last Astronaut
It was a page-turner despite the characters
The Last Astronaut is a first contact story that follows the usual formula; Alien object enters the solar system. Group of astronauts are sent to investiga... READ MORE
Rob S