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Charlie Hardie, a retired law enforcement officer, finds himself trapped aboard a clandestine satellite orbiting 500 miles above Earth. With only a year's supply of food, air, and water and no way to communicate home, he faces a looming deadline tied to his wife and son's safety. When a familiar participant docks and forces a crash‑landing in the Pacific, Hardie must decide whether the enigmatic figure is an ally or a foe and how to leverage the satellite’s protected information to survive and secure his family's fate.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Duane Swierczynski
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