Mjke Wood

Old Man in a Spacesuit (Martian Dreams, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

As a candidate for First Man on Mars, Harry BurtonHB to his friendsis pretty much the wrong stuff. He's old, his knees creak, and psychologically he's somewhat fragile. An invitation to attend an interview at the astronaut training centre in Cologne is obviously a mistake, and HB ignores it.

But the emails keep on coming.

HB used to write science fiction, he was famous, until his wife died and depression set in. Now, though, there's a familiar stirring deep in the recesses of his mind. What would it be like to train as an ESA astronaut for a Mars mission? After all, this is what he used to write stories about. Okay, so somebody in recruitment screwed up. If he can't be an astronaut, at least he'll get to see the look on the recruiters' faces, when he, a sorry old sack of brittle bones and neuroses, washes up on the space agency's doorstep.

Well, surprise. It turns out they're happy to see him. And he's not the only unlikely recruit, because ESA is convinced there is a logic to sending old people to Mars.

Throughout training, HB discovers a rekindling of his old passion for space, even though he knows it's nothing more than fund-raising ballyhoo. Except is it? The whole preposterous Mars enterprise is getting serious, gathering pace, and might yet turn out to be more than mere politics and posturing.

It might just happen.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copperbird Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798227177223
• Artikelnr.: 72386746

Autorenporträt

Mjke was born on the Isle of Man and now lives in the Wirral, UK.

He began writing in his late twenties, but took a break in order to concentrate on accountancy exams. He returned to writing in 2007, and became the first winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Writing competition. He followed that, a year later, by winning the L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Competition. His science fiction and fantasy short stories have appeared in many print and online venues. He is a full member of SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, as well as the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) and the British Fantasy Society (BFS).

Mjke has worked as a finance manager for an international passenger transport company, and as a musician, playing alto saxophone and clarinet in orchestras, big bands and theatre pits around Merseyside and North Wales. Inevitably, several of his books and stories feature accountants, music and musicians