One of the past blurbists--one of the admins of the "Space Hipsters" Facebook group--said this was the best book of the series.
Much shorter and faster read than the most recent book in the series.
Stephen Walker (author of Beyond) helped with research and is reading it for blurb consideration.
Past titles have a small but enthusiastic following--the author sometimes receives Facebook messages from random strangers gushing about the books.
We...
These four Angel Food books, frosted with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books.
June, 1968.An air force astronaut flies to an orbiting observation platform for a forty-day stint spying on the Soviet Union from space-and discovers a plot that will determine the fate of the world.
The fourth book in the Altered Space series, Infinite Blues imagines a militarized Space Race in a Cold War that never was, with America trying to find its way back to normalcy after the MacArthur presidency, and warily watching as Beria's Soviet ...
May, 1970. After a one-month launch delay, Apollo 13 lands in the Fra Mauro Highlands of the moon-and then the trouble starts.The first in a series of what-if stories from the golden age of space exploration, Zero Phase was written based on meticulous research, and with assistance from two Apollo astronauts: Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who visited the Fra Mauro Highlands-and Captain Jim Lovell, who was supposed to. Dramatic, detailed, and finely writt...
In late December of 1941, two parachutists dropped into occupied Europe on a mission to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, an SS leader whom one contemporary called "the hidden pivot" of Nazi Germany.
Six months later, they succeeded.
This is the definitive telling of this oft-forgotten story--its fascinating background, its thrilling climax, and its tragic consequences. It draws on diverse resources and influences, including Plato's Rep...
April, 1972. Three legendary astronauts embark on man's boldest space voyage yet-a yearlong mission to fly past our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus.
Island of Clouds, the first full-length novel in the Altered Space series, is a gripping space epic based on NASA mission proposals from the late 1960s. Touching on literary and cultural influences ranging from Borges and Bukowski to Solaris and Star Trek, this story of exploration also off...
October, 1967. Yuri Gagarin sits atop a Proton rocket, ready to launch. After several turbulent years in the public eye, he's been chosen in secrecy to captain the Soviet Union's latest space spectacular: the first manned flight around the moon. The second story in the Altered Space series, Public Loneliness is a detailed and imaginative look at a country and a space program with a curious schizophrenia regarding publicity and secrecy. Based o...
Saudade reportedly has no direct English translation, it's a Portuguese word describing the nostalgic longing for something that may never return, or may not exist. This feeling can be strangely comforting, author Manuel de Mello calls it "A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy." It permeates the music of Brazil, another nation steeped in slavery and sadness and the hope for a better life. Yet this heartsick yearning's actually very famil...
These Angel Food books, filled with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books. Angle Food for Boys & Girls, Volume I, includes over two dozen short stories, including: The Devil at the Door, Marty's First Mass, The Girl in the Shabby Dress, The Boy Who Made God Smile, and many more. Each volume also has a topical index relating variou...
These Angel Food books, filled with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books. Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume II, has over two dozen short stories, including: "The Orphan's Plea", "A Surprise for a King", "Half Past Three", and many more. Each volume also has a topical index relating various subjects in the stories to chapters in...
These Angel Food books, filled with Christ-like charm, simplicity, and attractive truths, are here served for the additional delight of the many who have enjoyed other Father Brennan books. Angel Food for Boys & Girls, Volume IV, includes: "St. Peter Goes Shopping, " "The Priest of Times Square, " "Jesus' Workshop", and many more. Each volume also has a topical index relating various subjects in the stories to chapters in the Baltimore Catechism.
