MOON OF MUTINY - Softcover

Del Rey, Lester

 
9780345271198: MOON OF MUTINY

Synopsis

SCIENCE FICTION-PURE LUCK HAD GOTTEN FRED HALPEN ASSIGNED TO FLY AN EMERGENCY MISSION TO THE MOON.BUT,ONCE THERE,HE LIVED UNDER ACLOUD OF DISTRUST AND WAS TREATED WITH SUSPICION BY THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXPLORATION TEAM.ON THE HARSH AND DEADLY LUNAR SURFACE,IRON DISCIPLINE WAS ALL THAT KEPT HUMANS ALIVE-AND FRED HAD BEEN WASHED OUT OF THE SPACE ACADEMY FOR DISOBEYING DIRECT ORDERS.IT WASN'T HIS FAULT THAT VITAL EQUIPMENT FAILED AND BAD LUCK PLAGUED THE EXPEDITION-BUT HE WAS TAGGED AS A JINX AND WARNED TO DO WHAT HE WAS TOLD AND STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.SO WHEN A SPACESHIP CRASHED NEARBY,FRED FOUND HIMSELF IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.HE WAS SURE HE KNEW THE SHIPS LOCATION AND SO COULD RESCUE THE SURVIVORS.BUT HE WAS ORDERED NOT TO TRY.THIS WAS HIS FINAL TEST:SHOULD HE OBEY ORDERS AND LET TWO MEN DIE OR SHOULD HE BACK HIS OWN HUNCH WITH THE ONE CRIME UNFORGIVABLE ON THE MOON-MUTINY!

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