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More info Shortlisted for the Arthur Clarke Award. Sally Jensen was the bravest and smartest of NASA’s astronaut corps. In 2034, she was chosen as the first woman to set foot on the surface of Mars. Then tragedy struck deep in space, and Sally returned to Earth in disgrace. It is now 2055. Cape Canaveral is flooded by the ocean. The MCC in Houston is abandoned, the equipment is disassembled and disposed of. NASA no longer trains astronauts. Space is not interesting to mankind … Until the tracking stations start sounding the alarm. An alien object has just crossed the border of the solar system. It does not respond to any signal, and its trajectory is directed directly to the Earth. Sally Jensen will have to return and lead the scientists and military on a mission to explore this surreal and terrifying artifact. If she fails the operation, it will bring the end of all of humanity. “If Stephen King wrote a haunted house story set in space, it would be very similar to The Last Astronaut. A book that will make you shiver and stare into the cold depths of space with equal horror and wonder. » — James Rollins “A gripping story that unravels all of its horrors, one unforgiving, believable detail at a time. Readers will be chained — and want to keep the lights on. » — Publishers Weekly «Timely and terrifying, the novel plunges us deep into the mysteries of space, making a science fiction / horror hybrid a thrilling reading.» — Christopher Golden, “An intense, fast-paced first contact story.” — Kirkus «This is sci-fi horror at its most terrifying, if only because the science behind it is grounded and too realistic.» — B&N SciFi & Fan Blog Abstract Sally Jensen was NASA’s lead astronaut until her Mars mission ended in disaster. State space programs have closed. Haunted by thoughts of her failure, she lives convinced that her days in space are over. Jensen is wrong. A large alien object has entered the solar system and is heading in a direct course towards Earth. He does not respond to attempts to get in touch. With no time or opportunity, NASA turns to Sally Jensen and a new mission has begun. But as the object reveals its secrets, Jensen and her team find themselves embroiled in a desperate struggle to survive — against the cold vacuum of space and something much, much worse …
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