The story climaxes during landing in the Pacific when Chad steers the capsule during re-entry further away from the American recovery ship and closer to a Soviet submarine. On the lunar surface, Chad sabotages the Soviet rover and Svetlana tries to find the rock sample Chad has hidden away, in order to return this sample back to the Soviets. Tension within the capsule rises when Chad displays both misogynist attitudes towards Svetlana and racism towards fellow American crewmember, Michael Esdale. During the cat-and-mouse of pretend collaboration, both sides hide their true intentions. In public, both American and Soviets spin this cover story as international cooperation whereby Svetlana will become both first female-plus-Soviet person to land on the Moon. A Russian astronaut, Svetlana Gromova, has managed to latch onto the hatch of the Apollo capsule and is eventually let inside, thus becoming the third crew member. During the rendezvous with the Soviet space station, a battle occurs, resulting in the death of several including one American and the destruction of the station. However, Chad has contact with the Soviets via a brother he was separated from when adopted by American parents. The mission commander dies in a mysterious helicopter crash and Chad Miller takes his place.
Do they know something about lunar geology that the Americans don’t? Hence Apollo 18 becomes a military intelligence operation albeit maintaining a token science objective for the public. The USA learns of two potential threats: the Soviets operate a secretive orbital space station to spy on the Americans – and – they have landed a probe on the Moon for seemingly strategic reasons. Now denied a future as an astronaut, he soon works as liaison linking the Apollo program with the National Security Agency. The story begins with Kaz Zemeckis, a jet fighter pilot aspiring to become an astronaut, yet loses an eye in a near fatal crash. His credentials are, shall we say, stellar. The Apollo Murders is his first venture into fiction. YouTube includes his viral performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” from the ISS. Yet the most compelling aspect is Hadfield’s claim that much of the story has actually happened, leaving the reader to wonder what is really going on behind the public glamour of space exploration.Ĭolonel Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, is now an overall promoter of space exploration. This is a tale involving an unhinged astronaut, egos, operational challenges, plus heroism. The Apollo Murders is about a fictionalized lunar mission stoked with armed conflict in outer space.
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