Celestial

Sorry, but I didn’t like this and only grudgingly read all the way to the end. It starts off well enough, an alt history version of Moon exploration, rather like “for all mankind” and there is a nice air of mystery that is set up when strange things are happening both to our heroes, the Americans and to their Russian rivals and circumstances soon force a reluctant partnership.

Unfortunately, it turns out that everything that’s happening is inside someone’s own head and therefore there are no longer any rules, anything can happen, nothing has to be explained and ultimately nothing really matters. It’s all a shame because it’s well written and starts with an exciting premise but rapidly turns from hard science-fiction to a psychological exploration.

I donated the paperback to a local villag Book swap and noticed it was still there several months later! Perhaps it was the wrong intended audience…