The Cassandra Project

McDevitt, Jack; Resnick, Mike

3.46

1,468 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 1522600701 ISBN 13: 9781522600701

Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance audio, 2016

Two science fiction masters—Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick—team up to deliver a classic thriller in which one man uncovers the secret history of the US space program...

Early in his career, Jerry Culpepper could never have been accused of being idealistic. Doing public relations—even for politicians—was strictly business...until he was hired as NASA's public affairs director and discovered a client he could believe in. Proud of the agency's history and sure of its destiny, he was thrilled to be a part of its future—a bright era of far-reaching space exploration.

But public disinterest and budget cuts changed that future. Now, a half century after the first moon landing, Jerry feels like the only one with stars—and unexplored planets and solar systems—in his eyes. Still, Jerry does his job, trying to drum up interest in the legacy of the agency. Then a 50-year-old secret about the Apollo XI mission is revealed, and he finds himself embroiled in the biggest controversy of the twenty-first century, one that will test his ability—and his willingness—to spin the truth about a conspiracy of reality-altering proportions...

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Review:

McDevitt and Resnick take us along on a well-written ride through all sorts of back-door deals and hidden secrets before they tell us what really happened...as they rewrite history in a way that doesn t conflict with what we think we know. Florida-Times Union

The apparent cover-up conspiracy atthe heart of (the novel) is unpeeled back layer by layer through and elaborate series of plot twists and turns. Jessup Press Sentinel
The authors expertly crank up the tension and maintain it throughout via a suite of thoroughly believable characters. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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"McDevitt and Resnick take us along on a well-written ride through all sorts of back-door deals and hidden secrets before they tell us what really happened...as they rewrite history in a way that doesn't conflict with what we think we know."--Florida-Times Union

"The apparent cover-up conspiracy at the heart of (the novel) is unpeeled back layer by layer through and elaborate series of plot twists and turns."--Jessup Press Sentinel

"The authors expertly crank up the tension and maintain it throughout via a suite of thoroughly believable characters."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

About the Author:

Jack McDevitt is a former naval officer, taxi driver, English teacher, customs officer, and motivational trainer, and is now a full-time writer. His novel Seeker won a Nebula Award, and he is a multiple Nebula Award finalist. He lives in Georgia with his wife, Maureen.

Mike Resnick has won five Hugos (from a record thirty-six nominations), a Nebula, and other major awards in the US, France, Japan, Spain, Croatia, Catalonia, and Poland. He's the author of seventy-one novels, more than two hundred and fifty short stories, and three screenplays, and is the editor of forty-one anthologies. His work has been translated into twenty-seven languages.

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