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Shoot for the Moon - Richard Wiseman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Shoot for the Moon - Richard Wiseman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Fascinating new book examines the history of Nasa''s Apollo space missions'' Daily Mail _______ Eight key lessons to revolutionise your life with the mindset that got man to the moon. 20th July 1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon. We all recognize this to be one of mankind''s greatest achievements. Yet what did it take to make John F. Kennedy''s dream a reality?In this remarkable book, Professor Richard Wiseman presents a pioneering study of the mindset that took humanity to the Moon, and shows how you can harness and use it to achieve the extraordinary in your everyday life.Combining personal interviews, mission archives and cutting-edge psychology, Wiseman embarks on the ultimate voyage through inner space. Along the way he identifies eight key principles that make up the Apollo Mindset, including how pessimism is crucial to success, and how fear and tragedy can be transformed into hope and optimism. You will discover a series of practical techniques that you can use to incorporate these winning principles into both your professional and personal life. Whether you want to start a business venture, change careers, find your perfect partner, raise a loving family, get promoted, gain a new qualification, escape the rat race, or pursue a lifelong passion, these techniques will help you to reach your own Moon.

DKK 126.00
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Banyan Moon - Thao Thai - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Banyan Moon - Thao Thai - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The perfect book club read FOR FANS OF CELESTE NG and MIN JIN LEE. '' A riveting mother-daughter tale'' Elle '' Spellbinding and intricately layered '' E.M. Tran ''A gripping tale about motherhood'' Heat ''This novel has everything you want'' Meng Jin ''A haunting page turner'' Carolyn Huynh ''Heart-shatteringly beautiful'' Nguyen Phan Que Mai Ann Tran is already at a crossroads when she gets the call that her beloved grandmother, Minh, has died. With a beautiful home and a charming boyfriend, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life, but it all crumbles away with one positive pregnancy test. With her carefully planned future now in question, Ann returns home to Florida to face her estranged mother, Hu''o''ng. Under the same roof for the first time in years, mother and daughter must face the simmering questions of their past, without the one person who''s always held them together. Running parallel to this is Minh''s story, as she goes from a lovestruck teenager living in the shadow of the Vietnam War to a determined young mother immigrating to America in search of a better life. And when Ann makes a shocking discovery in the Banyan House''s attic, long-buried secrets come to light. Spanning decades and continents, from 1960s Vietnam to the wild swamplands of the Florida coast, Banyan Moon is a stunning and deeply moving story of mothers and daughters, the things we inherit, and the lives we choose to make out of that inheritance.

DKK 120.00
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Limit: Part 1 - Frank Schatzing - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Limit: Part 1 - Frank Schatzing - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This is the limit - how far would you go? Helium-3 is a rare element that promises to solve all the world''s energy problems - and it''s been discovered on the Moon, prompting a breathless race between the Americans and Chinese.In Shanghai, cyber-detective Owen Jericho has been hired to find a missing girl, but what started as a routine investigation soon develops into a nightmarish hunt, where he''s the quarry: there''s a crazed assassin hot on his heels, all because Yoyo accidentally stumbled onto a secret society called Hydra - and now their lives are at risk. Following the Hydra trail takes Jericho and Yoyo round the world and finally to the Moon, where a billionaire entrepreneur is entertaining some of the world''s richest and most influential men and women in the Gaia, the planet''s very first hotel.But Hydra has its own plans for the Earth - and the Moon. And nothing and no one will be allowed to stand in its way.

DKK 155.00
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The Moon and the Sun - Vonda Mcintyre - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Moon and the Sun - Vonda Mcintyre - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and beauty are all; frivolity begets cruelty; science and alchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even sacred family bonds. ''A wonderful book! Adventure, love, history, magic - it''s an engrossing story with magnificent characters, balanced perfectly on the edge between,'' said DIANA GABALDON By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world, but the Sun King''s appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an expedition to seek the source of immortality: the mythical sea monster. For the glory of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice . . . and in a covered basin, an imprisoned sea-creature.Marie-Josephe de la Croix has been looking forward to assisting her brother Yves in the scientific study of the sea monster, until she makes a discovery that will threaten everything her brother, the court and the King believe. ''The finest alternate history ever, light-hearted and wise - a luminous, radiant novel,'' said URSULA K. LE GUIN But in the decadent court of King Louis, where morality is skewed and corruption reigns, will anyone listen to a single voice? Somehow, she must find the courage to follow her heart and her convictions - even at the cost of changing her life forever.

DKK 127.00
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Limit: Part 2 - Frank Schatzing - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Limit: Part 2 - Frank Schatzing - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Perfect for fans of Neal Stephenson and Peter F. Hamilton: the blockbuster conclusion to the international sci-fi thriller by German''s Number One thriller writer. It''s 2025, and the Chinese and the Americans are going head to head on the Moon for helium-3, the rare mineral which will solve all the Earth''s energy needs. But not everyone is happy.Billionaire Julian Orley''s space-elevator revolutionised space travel; now he''s taking a group of international movers and shakers on the trip of a lifetime: to the first-ever hotel on the Moon, hoping to woo them into investing in the future of humanity.But not all of Orly''s guests are humanitarians: at least one is pursuing his own dark plot - and now there''s a time limit. And how is this linked with the cyber-detective Owen Jericho, the dissident hacker Yoyo, oil magnate Gerald Palstein - and the mysterious organisation called Hydra, who have their own - not very charitable - plans for the universe?

DKK 155.00
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The Defections - Hannah Michell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defections - Hannah Michell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Stunning'' The Times ''Excellent'' Independent on Sunday ''Compelling, haunting and thrilling'' David Peace Seoul, South Korea Mia is an outsider. Half-English, half-Korean, a translator at the British Embassy; she treads a boundary between her roots and the acceptance she desires from the English - especially her boss, Thomas: a married diplomat.Thomas''s career is jeopardized by an outrageous indiscretion until Mia comes to his rescue. At first grateful, his feelings are soon complicated by a commission to investigate the background of the woman who has captivated him.Hyun-min is a defector from North Korea, taken in by Mia''s family. But he has a secret. One that could shatter Mia''s family, her life and the fragile borders around them all.

DKK 113.00
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Africa, My Passion - Corinne Hofmann - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Africa, My Passion - Corinne Hofmann - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people. Joined by her half-Kenyan daughter, Napirai, they travel to Nairobi together for the first time to discover Napirai s roots and finally meet her father and half-siblings. Africa, My Passion is a poignant, touching and exciting story about one woman''s love affair with a unique man, which led to a lifelong obsession with Africa. Moving, vividly recounted, eye-opening and, above all, filled with passionate hope and unparalleled detail, this is an extraordinary sequel to a bestselling series of memoirs.

DKK 161.00
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Extraordinary People - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Extraordinary People - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

IN THE FIRST BOOK OF PETER MAY''S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ENZO FILES, FORENSICS EXPERT ENZO MACLEOD WAGERS THAT HE CAN SOLVE SIX PERPLEXING COLD CASES--AND UNEXPECTEDLY PLACES HIMSELF DIRECTLY IN HARM''S WAY. "ACTION-PACKED." -- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "BRISK AND THRILLING." -- THE BALTIMORE SUN "THOROUGHLY ENGAGING." -- LIBRARY JOURNAL Half-Scottish, half-Italian Enzo MacLeod used to be one of the top forensics experts in Scotland, and now he lives in Toulouse, working as a university professor. Divorced in Scotland and widowed in France, he has an estranged Scottish daughter and a French daughter he has raised by himself. As if his life isn''t complicated enough, he soon finds himself unexpectedly on the hunt for solutions to some vexing cold cases thanks to an ill-advised wager about the power of forensic science.Meanwhile, in Paris, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France. Deep in the catacombs below the City of Light, MacLeod unearths disturbing clues deliberately left behind by a killer. But as the retired forensics expert draws closer to the truth, he discovers he may just wind up the next victim for his troubles.

DKK 126.00
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This Is It - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This Is It - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

His girlfriend commands that he marry her. His wife demands him home in time for tea. His blackmailer commandeers half of his secret earnings. Then he gets hit by a bus. All in all, it''s not a good day for Eric. And once he''s on crutches, it becomes impossible to juggle two lives, three women and one vicious gangster. Eric''s double-decker life and triple-tangled lies drive him to a catastrophic collision in Joseph Connolly''s wry and ingeniously plotted black comedy.

DKK 120.00
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Brenton Brown - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Brenton Brown - Alex Wheatle - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"A rich layering of motive and emotion . . . robust dialogue, streetwise humour and muscular, mischievous vernaculour" Independent Set on the streets of Brixton, south London, BRENTON BROWN is a fatal love story about a man who never got over his first love, a perfect love with his half-sister Juliet that has left him unable to form any real relationships since they both decided it must end. "Wheatle's dialogue sings" Guardian Juliet is consumed by guilt because she knows that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes with no family to speak of, while she received all her mother's love. She has a career with good prospects in politics, and has married Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. He treats her daughter, Breanna, like his own - but secretly he has always suspected that there has been something going on between Juliet and Brenton. Unable to let go physically or emotionally, Brenton takes the advice of his longstanding friend Floyd, and decides to start a new life in another country. When their good intentions fail, Juliet and Brenton must pay the ultimate price. A story about family ties, forbidden love and life, BRENTON BROWN is shot through with robust humour, unforgettable characters, unerringly pitched dialogue and towering emotion.

DKK 127.00
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Bound - Sue Tingey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Bound - Sue Tingey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Get lost in the Underlands in this ''gripping and tantalisingly sexy read.'' Holdfast Magazine on Marked . Perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness, Laini Taylor and Anne Bishop. Lucky de Salle was dragged into the Underlands against her will, but there she found a whole new world - and a whole new life. She always knew she was psychic, but discovering her ghostly best friend was in fact her demon half-sister - and she herself is half-demon - came as a shock. Falling in love with two men wasn''t in her game plan either, but that''s working out brilliantly. Or it was . . . but now Jinx the Deathbringer has been kidnapped by Lucky''s enemies, who intend to use his powers to destroy the worlds above and below. And Jamie has tried to use his own powers to control her, destroying her trust in him. Now Jamie and his fellow Guardians have been ordered to bring Jinx back in - dead or alive - before he can rain destruction down upon the earth. If Lucky is to save him, and forgive Jamie, she''ll have to learn to use her own burgeoning powers - and fast! Bound is the third and final book in the Soulseer Chronicles by Sue Tingey.

DKK 120.00
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Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman''s knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . .With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all? A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare''s The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air .

DKK 182.00
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Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sycorax - Nydia Hetherington - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman''s knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . .With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them all? A beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare''s The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air .

DKK 161.00
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Rotherweird - Andrew Caldecott - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Rotherweird - Andrew Caldecott - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the golden generation; some say the devil''s spawn. But everyone knows they are something to be revered - and feared.Four and a half centuries on, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I and still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird''s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: nobody, but nobody, studies the town or its history.Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparallelled wealth and power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird - deeply buried secrets and all . . . Welcome to Rotherweird.

DKK 119.00
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Yes! I Can Manage, Thank You! - Virginia Ironside - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Yes! I Can Manage, Thank You! - Virginia Ironside - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Another year, another January, and Marie Sharp has written a new diary, dishing the dirt on how the cool grannies live today. And her drug cravings aren''t the half of it. There''s the handsome stranger who arrives as her new lodger. Is he all that he seems? There''s the new project - teaching art at a school, now that her grandchild-minding days are numbered. Not to mention the mad dog and the crazy new neighbour. And then there''s the lump, a frightening symptom of... what? Marie is back, courting laughter and disaster in equal measure. In her own inimitable style, she''s getting older... and loving every minute of it.

DKK 127.00
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Castlereagh - John Bew - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Castlereagh - John Bew - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The best political biography of the year'' Jonathan Sumption, Spectator ''Wonderful . . . A Life so nearly complete it need never be written again'' Ferdinand Mount, Times Literary Supplement By the author of the Orwell Prize-winning Citizen Clem Damned in coruscating verse by Shelley and Byron, his coffin hissed at during his funeral, Lord Castlereagh has one of the blackest reputations in British history. But as John Bew shows, this is but a half-drawn portrait. His gripping biography reveals a shy, inarticulate but passionate man; a towering political figure of implacable principles who redrew the map of Europe, fought a duel with a cabinet colleague and would tragically take his own life amid rumours of scandal and madness.

DKK 192.00
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50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know - Giles Sparrow - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know - Giles Sparrow - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From our own solar system to the edges of the universe, 50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know is your introduction to the most important concepts, discoveries and mysteries in astronomy. How did the universe begin? Where did the Moon come from? What happens in the heart of a black hole? Why are gravitational waves so significant? And is there life elsewhere in the cosmos?In fifty fascinating essays covering the central ideas of astronomy and cosmology, accompanied by diagrams, definitions of essential terms and timelines of key discoveries, this book examines the nature and variety of our universe - the life cycle of stars, the formation of planets, the structure of galaxies and the puzzles of dark matter and the multiverse. Expansive and illuminating, 50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know is the complete guide to the birth, life and possible death of the cosmos.

DKK 85.00
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Bleeding Hearts - Ry Herman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Bleeding Hearts - Ry Herman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Is love stronger than death? It's hard to hold down a functioning relationship at the best of times - but it's harder still when one half of the couple is on the wrong side of dead, and the other's just discovered they possess powers that are definitely not of natural origin. To be together at all, Angela and Chloë have had to overcome almost impossible odds, but their final obstacle might be insurmountable. In the last ten months, they've searched high and low for a cure to Angela's biting problem, and if they don't find one soon, the chances grow higher and higher that Chloë might die. Is there a solution, or is the divide between the living and the dead too wide for them to cross?

DKK 127.00
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Shattermoon - Dominic Dulley - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Shattermoon - Dominic Dulley - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A shattered moon. A secret plan. Last girl standing. Orry and her family are the best conmen in the Quadrant, running elaborate heists to target the ruling families of the Ascendancy. This time should be no different . . . but then Orry goes off-script and everything falls apart. Less than an hour later her mark is dead and she''s on the run, accused of a murder she didn''t commit. Turns out, the pendant Orry stole is more valuable than even she guessed - and a lot of powerful people want it. When she''s unexpectedly rescued by loner spaceship captain Jurgen Mender, Orry knows there''s only one thing to do. Even Orry can see the madness of pitting an inexperienced grifter, a space-dog well past his prime and an obsolete spaceship against the Imperial Fleet, the worst of the space pirates and the alien Kadiran, who are getting bored with their uneasy truce with humankind . . . But what other choice does she have?

DKK 127.00
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The Return of the Dwarves Book 2 - Markus Heitz - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Return of the Dwarves Book 2 - Markus Heitz - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The hero Tungdil Goldhand vanished years ago. Until the gem-carver Goïmron discovers Tungdil's diary . . . and finds that the last entries are terrifyingly recent. Goïmron gathers a small band of trusted companions, and they set off to find Tungdil and save Girdlegard from the mysterious Albae. But the story's only half-over. Brabandor's on the trail of something extraordinary; Rodana is trying to change her fate, and Klaey remains an unknown quantity: his lust for power is unparalleled, and he'll do anything to get it. And the most worrying question of all . . . will their quest, change Goïmron himself? The epic conclusion to the story begun in The Return of the Dwarves Book 1 , filled with action, adventure, and a discovery that might change life in Girdlegard for everyone . . . forever.

DKK 155.00
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In the Gold of Time - Claudie Gallay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the Gold of Time - Claudie Gallay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Set between Normandy and Arizona, In the Gold of Time is a seductive tale of silences and dark, half-revealed secrets, and a haunting elegy for innocence lost in a lost world. A young father holidays by the sea near Dieppe with his reproachfully perfect wife and their twin daughters. Returning from the local shop, he meets an eccentric old lady, Alice Berthier, who lives with he mute sister, Clémence. Their mysterious house is full of old photographs and strange objects - sacred ceremonial masks once belonging to the Hopi, a tribe of Native Americans from Arizona. Haunted by memories of a tragic past, Alice takes comfort in her new companion, and he, in turn, is drawn into her mysterious world. As his family recedes into the background, her stirring tales of the Hopi and the Arizona desert become the only salve to his despondent soul.

DKK 141.00
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Flesh-Coloured Dominoes - Zigmunds Skujins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Flesh-Coloured Dominoes - Zigmunds Skujins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"Extraordinary and unforgettable characters" WORLD LITERATURE TODAY "Rich and many layered . . . fascinating" CHRISTOPHER MOSELEY When Baroness Valtraute von Bruegen''s officer husband''s body is severed in two she is delighted to find that the lower half has been sewn onto the upper body of the humble local Captain Ulste. She conceives a child only to see the return of her husband in one piece. What happens next is both indescribably funny and darkly painful. A beautifully written Surrealist novel-cum-political allegory, Flesh-Coloured Dominoes transports the reader between 18th-century Baltic gentry and the narrator''s life in the modern world. The connection between the two narratives gradually becomes clear in a mesmerising fantasy of love, lust, and loss as Skijuns creates a work of sublime art that is funny, moving, enlightening and philosophical in equal measure. Translated from the Latvian by Kaija Straumanis

DKK 120.00
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The Apollo Murders - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Apollo Murders - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz, author of Orphan X 1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny module, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras ''Kaz'' Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together, while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be. Strap in and count down for the ride of a lifetime. ''An exciting journey'' Andy Weir, author of The Martian ''Nail-biting'' James Cameron, writer and director of Avatar and Titanic ''Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth, author of The Day of the Jackal ''Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay, author of Find You First ''[A] stellar thrill ride'' Chris Holm, author of The Killing Kind ''Gripping '' John Verdon, author of the Dave Gurney series ''Relentlessly exciting '' Stephen Mack Jones, author of August Snow

DKK 127.00
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