Read more
In an alternate 1979, the United States and the Soviet Union have permanent Moon bases, crewed spy satellites, and frequent hostilities. Vivian Carter, commander of Apollo 32, is on a mission to explore a volcanic region of the Moon when she is caught in the crossfire of a Soviet attack. Barely escaping, she and her crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA outpost. Hadley Base, though, soon comes under attack, and the unarmed astronauts must find a way to defend themselves.
About the author
Alan Smale is an award-winning science fiction (hard SF and alternate history) and fantasy author who has sold over fifty pieces of short fiction to Asimov’s, Galaxy’s Edge, Abyss & Apex, and other magazines and anthologies. His short story “Gunpowder Treason” earned him a second
Sidewise Award in 2022. His non-fiction essays have appeared in Lightspeed, Journey Planet, and Galaxy's Edge. Alan grew up in England, and received degrees in Physics and Astrophysics from Oxford University. Until recently he performed research into Galactic neutron star and black hole binary systems at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and served as the Director of one of NASA’s big-three astrophysical data archives.
Summary
HAVE YOU READ ONE OF THE BEST SF BOOKS OF 2022?
"A nail-biting thriller."−Publishers Weekly
"I loved it. Great 'hard' science fiction with convincing space battles. "−Larry Niven
"Will delight and enthrall."−Library Journal
"A provocative science fiction novel."−Foreword Reviews
“A superb mind-expanding sci-fi novel!”−Grady Harp (Amazon Hall of Fame Top100 Reviewer)
From the two-time Sidewise Award-winning
author of the acclaimed Clash of Eagles trilogy
comes an alternate 1979 where the US and the Soviets have permanent Moon bases, orbiting space stations, and crewed spy satellites supported by frequent rocket launches.
Apollo 32, commanded by career astronaut Vivian Carter, docks at NASA's Columbia space station en route to its main mission: exploring the volcanic Marius Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to assault the orbiting station. In an unplanned and desperate move, Vivian spacewalks through hard vacuum back to her Lunar Module and crew and escapes right before the station falls into Soviet hands.
Their original mission scrubbed, Vivian and her crew are redirected to land at Hadley Base, a NASA scientific outpost with a crew of eighteen. But soon Hadley, too, will come under Soviet attack, forcing its unarmed astronauts to daring acts of ingenuity and improvisation.
With multiple viewpoints, shifting from American to Soviet perspective, from occupied space station to American Moon base under siege, to a covert and blistering US Air Force military response, Hot Moon tells the gripping story of a war in space that very nearly might have been.
Foreword
UPDATED 6/10/2022. Interview with NPR affiliates. MIni-Interview in Foreword magazine (Sep/Oct Issue).
ADVERTISINGNational advertising on various social media platforms with custom landing pages for each book with targeted audiences.
Co-op advertising in various trade journals, either directly (for example, Locus Magazine or through the IBPA co-op partnerships, Publishers Weekly and Foreword Magazine.
Featured placements and paid advertising through Book Bub.
ADVANCE REVIEW COPIES
Science Fiction Conventions (displays, sales and presentations, dependent upon circumstances due to Covid-19).
Trade show displays via Independent Book Publishers Association (co-op stalls)
Budget for co-op marketing with stores
Budget for promotional items (bookmarks, etc.)
PUBLICITY
Leverage publicist contacts for each book.
Set arrangements with specific sites to share press releases
Guaranteed interviews with the authors on select podcasts
Guaranteed feature placement in Top Shelf Magazine
Guaranteed advertising in Scribe Magazine
Creative Edge will reach out to reviewers, magazines, blogs, podcasts plus leverage all mainstream media in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia
Authors will have the opportunity to be interviewed on Authors On The Air
