Earth is on the brink of environmental collapse. Mankind's only hope is Luna 1, a small colony of scientists living and working on the Moon, searching for ways that humans can survive in the hard, radiation-soaked vacuum between the stars.Harrison Teague is Luna 1's new commander. But when his predecessor's UN shuttle explodes moments after takeoff, Teague finds himself enmeshed in sinister secrets and a diabolical plot involving dangerous alien technology. Unable to tell friend from foe, and cut off from Earth by a space-borne catastrophe, Teague must get to the bottom of a plot that has profound repercussions not only for the men and women of Luna 1 but all of humanity.This is a 36,317-word novella in the tradition of Space: 1999.