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A thrilling stand-alone science-fiction space adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winning author S.J. Morden

Strange radio signals are coming from Jupiter's largest moons.

A natural phenomenon, or something else?

Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal...and why?

With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question - are we alone in the universe?

And more importantly - what do we do if we aren't?

©2022 S J Morden (P)2022 Orion Publishing Group Adventure Fiction First Contact Science Fiction Space Exploration Interstellar Solar System
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I loved it. So much space fiction is fantasy, and there's a good place for that. This is nothing like that, it is a believable and real story about people, in space. The science is solid, but it is the studied and measured character work here that makes this compelling. And because of that, the hard parts are that much harder, but also the bittersweet triumphs are that much more real. This is a nicely measured story. Don't expect blasters.

A grown-up space story

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Really enjoyed this. Great narration. Believable science. Interesting human perspective. All with a touch of sci-fi extraterrestrials.

Unexpectedly good

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Sorry I don’t get it! The story is ok narrator was ok and I kind of get the idea of the book but it could have worked as a short story.

I’ll go with the majority but I have read better! That being said I’ve read allot worse

It must be me?

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The Flight of the Aphrodite by S.J. Morden is a novel I very much enjoyed. While the setting and story are interesting in themselves, it's character-focused and doesn't pull any punches. I'd like to see a follow-up, but the story about the Aphrodite is complete. If you've read Morden's other recent books (One Way, Now Way, Gallowglass) you'll know what to expect, and won't be disappointed.

Believable character-focused SF

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tech explored, mental degeneration plumbed and imagining of the environmental of Jupiter's moons brilliant

imagine - explore - plumb the depths.

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