Bruce Roland
ASIN: B01KUEPGB8
Publisher: Bruce Roland
Pages: 430
Life is good for Claire McBeth in New York City. She’s single, very attractive, and has a comfortable apartment in midtown Manhattan. She’s also a science and technology reporter for The Sentinel, the city’s premiere daily newspaper. Her boss sends her to Texas for an exclusive interview with the billionaire who is about to put space tourism in the headlines. She also finds herself interviewing charismatic Herc Ramond, the chief pilot for the company. In the midst of their interview, Ramond is called to the bedside of a dying friend and co-worker who is also an amateur astronomer. Claire accompanies Ramond as his friend lays out a bizarre story of how he came to be in the hospital that is horrifying and seemingly unbelievable. While there they are confronted by a menacing FBI agent demanding to know everything Herc’s friend said. When he refuses they are thrown into a seething cauldron ...