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The Explorer

James Smythe

280 pages

About this book

When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanity's great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. The crew wake from hypersleep to discover their captain dead in his allegedly fail-proof safety pod.

Themes
MysteriousThrilling & PropulsiveEpic & AdventurousStrange & UnsettlingAmbition versus isolationThe fragility of safetyTruth in the voidHumanity's cosmic insignificance
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