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pickWhat if the Soviet Union, on the verge of losing the moon race, decided to send a lone cosmonaut on a last ditch hail-Mary effort to beat Apollo 11? What if the spacecraft suffered a catastrophic accident, hurling the cosmonaut (an aging ace fighter pilot) towards the moon with zero ground support, failing equipment, and a dead radio? Though a bit slow starting, the final third is as riveting as anything I‘ve read in a long time.
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