Rogue Moon
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A monstrous apparatus has been found on the surface of the moon. It devours and destroys in ways so incomprehensible to humans that a new language must be invented to describe it and a new kind of thinking to understand it. So far, the human guinea pigs sent there in hopes of unraveling the murderous maze have all died terrible deathsβexcept the last, now on suicide watch. The ideal candidate wonβt go insane, even as he feels the end approaching. And now they think theyβve found their man.
Al Barker has already stared into the face of deathβhe can handle it again. But Barker wonβt merely have to endure the trauma of dying: he will have to endure it over and over againβmentally linked to an ongoing series of duplicates of himself created and sent to the Moon by matter transmissionβuntil the artifact reveals its secret.
With a cast of fascinating characters taking center stage, Rogue Moon is a rare thriller that doesnβt just make you sweatβit makes you think.
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Algis Budrys (1931β2008) was born in KΓΆnigsberg, East Prussia, where his father served in the Lithuanian diplomatic corps. The family came to the United States when Budrys was five years old. A Renaissance man, he wrote stories and novels, and was an editor, critic, and reviewer, a teacher of aspiring writers, and a publisher. His science fiction novels include Rogue Moon, Hard Landing, Falling Torch, and many others. His Cold War science fiction thriller Who? was adapted for the screen, and he received many award nominations for his work.
Graham Halstead is a Brooklyn-based actor and voice artist. His voice work includes animation, commercials, and Audie and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narration. His work in the theater includes performances in New York, regionally in Washington DC, and internationally in Edinburgh and London. His most recent television work can be seen on AMC.
