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The Flight of the Aphrodite
By (Author) S J Morden
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
31st January 2023
24th November 2022
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Science fiction: near future
823.92
Paperback
336
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm
237g
A thrilling standalone science fiction space adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winning author S.J. Morden
Strange radio signals are coming from Jupiter's largest moons. A natural phenomenon, or something elseCommander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal . . . and why With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question - are we alone in the universeAnd more importantly - what do we do if we aren'tDr S. J. Morden has won the Philip K. Dick Award and been a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is a bona fide rocket scientist with degrees in Geology and Planetary Geophysics. ONE WAY is the perfect fusion of his incredible breadth of knowledge and ability to write award-winning, razor-sharp science fiction.