Ascent A Novel |
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Author:
| Mercurio, Jed |
Narrated by:
| McLaren, Todd |
ISBN: | 978-1-4001-7368-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
Publisher: | Tantor Media, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Tantor Audio |
Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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Fascinated with the secrets still surrounding the Soviet Union's race against the Americans to put a man on the moon, Jed Mercurio proposes a compelling scenario: What if the Americans weren't the first? And with its inscrutable but intriguing hero, Yefgeni Yeremin, a brilliant Soviet cosmonaut, Ascent allows us to imagine what that terrifying journey might have been like. In hypnotic, deceptively spare prose, Mercurio tells a haunting tale that questions the power of ideology and the...
More DescriptionFascinated with the secrets still surrounding the Soviet Union's race against the Americans to put a man on the moon, Jed Mercurio proposes a compelling scenario: What if the Americans weren't the first? And with its inscrutable but intriguing hero, Yefgeni Yeremin, a brilliant Soviet cosmonaut, Ascent allows us to imagine what that terrifying journey might have been like. In hypnotic, deceptively spare prose, Mercurio tells a haunting tale that questions the power of ideology and the nature of fate.