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When Helium‑3 is found on the Moon in 2025, the world’s energy hopes ignite a frantic race between the United States and China. In Shanghai, cyber‑detective Owen Jericho is hired to locate a missing girl named Yoyo, but the case soon becomes a life‑and‑death pursuit. A merciless assassin stalks Jericho after Yoyo stumbles upon the clandestine society Hydra, whose agenda endangers humanity. The chase takes the pair across continents to the Gaia, the Moon’s first hotel, where a billionaire entrepreneur lures the world’s elites for a secret gathering. As Hydra’s plans for the Earth and the Moon unfold, Jericho and Yoyo must prevent a catastrophe that no one will allow to succeed.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Frank Schätzing
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