Frontier

Name: Frontier
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Patrick Chiles
ISBN: 9798350881585

Author: Patrick Chiles

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 13 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/09/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Marshall Hunter only wanted to fly: the faster, the higher, the better. But a life of rescuing wayward spacefarers and derelict satellites in the cislunar cruiser U.S.S. Borman is far from the adventure he'd imagined. But his fortunes change when a billionaire couple goes missing on their way to a near-Earth asteroid. Out of contact and on a course that will eventually send them crashing into Mars, the nuclear-powered Borman is dispatched on an audacious, high-speed interplanetary run to bring the couple home. As they approach the asteroid, however, the Borman itself becomes hopelessly disabled.

With the Borman suddenly out of commission and far beyond reach, cislunar space begins falling into chaos as critical satellites fail and valuable lunar mineral shipments begin disappearing in transit. Nothing is as it seems, and Marshall Hunter and the rest of the crew suspect none of it is by coincidence.

About Patrick Chiles

Patrick Chiles has been fascinated by aircraft, rockets, and spaceflight ever since he was a child transfixed by the Apollo missions. How he ended up as an English major in college is still a mystery, though he managed to overcome this to pursue a career in aviation operations and safety management. He is a graduate of The Citadel, a Marine Corps veteran, and a private pilot. In addition to his novels, he has written for magazines including Smithsonian's Air & Space. He currently resides in Tennessee with his wife and two lethargic dachshunds.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mitchell

If you want to read some hard sci-fi about a US Space Force might actually operate in the future, then this book is for you. The picture of the PRC it paints is a little flat, but, all the same, every good sci-fi hero needs an enemy. Some of the character's actions on the ground are a little far-fet......more

Goodreads review by Henry

Patrick Chiles is an expert in the complication of living in space. Spae force patrols the near Earth Frontier (paper from Baen) with the U.S.S. Borman mainly for the rare rescue needed for the growing industrialization. Then the Jaing’s, a millionaire couple on a private expedition, suffer disaster......more

Goodreads review by Dave

Wow oh wow! What an incredible story. This was my favorite fictional read of the year - and to think - I almost didn’t pick it up! I just noticed it on the shelf at the library and after recently retiring from 30 years with the Coast Guard reading the term: “interplanetary search and rescue” on the......more

Goodreads review by Andreas

Humanity’s presence in space is expanding, and with it come geopolitical interests. The United States spaceship Borman is dispatched to assist two billionaire explorers with whom contact has been lost. Meanwhile, a vast conspiracy to disable space assets is unfolding. As the Borman herself runs into......more