Inner Space: When Life Support Fails on the ISS, An Investigation into Sabotage Shatters Trust Between Nations - Couverture souple

Szamalek, Jakub

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ISBN 10 : 0063377942 ISBN 13 : 9780063377943

Editeur : HarperVia, 2025

Synopsis

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"A Crichtonesque cascade of mistakes and misunderstandings in an all-too-plausible but entertaining thriller."—Booklist

American and Russian astronauts are trapped together in the International Space Station as war breaks out in Ukraine and life support functions begin to fail in this action-packed debut technothriller that ripples with the tension and danger of Solaris and Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary.

When an ammonia leak threatens the astronauts on the International Space Station, NASA directs Lucy Poplasky, one of the ISS’s first female commanders, to investigate the cause. Russia has just invaded Ukraine and tensions are running high—could the leak be a brazen act of sabotage?

The Russian cosmonauts aboard deny tampering with the ship’s systems and insist on the issue stems from the American side. As levels of the poisonous gas rise, Lucy’s investigation shatters trust between the Russian and Western crews, exposing deep fissures in the partnership thousands of miles below.

Intense and unrelenting, Inner Space questions what truly draws us to the stars: the urge to explore the unknown, selfish ambition, or an instinct to run away from the entrenched troubles on Earth?

Translated from the Polish by Kasia Beresford

"Inner Space is by turns lyrical, claustrophobic and terrifying." - New York Times

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jakub Szamalek is Narrative Director at Rebel Wolves game studio. Born in Poland in 1986, he studied in the UK, at Oxford and then Cambridge, where he was a Cambridge Gates Scholar. He is an author and the writer behind the international video game bestsellers, including The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and The Blood of Dawnwalker. He lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, with his family. He wrote the award-winning The Hidden Web series of thrillers, which has been adapted into a major motion picture by Monolith Films, and his crime novels have been awarded the Best Polish Crime Novel and Zloty Pocisk prizes. Jakub has been named among Eastern and Central Europe’s Young Leaders by the Res Publica Foundation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperVia
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0063377942
• ISBN 13: 9780063377943
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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