![]() We didn’t have enough lifeboats for everybody, but that didn’t mean we shouldn’t try to save as many people as we could.” As she mused, opponents to relocation didn’t seem to realize that “the Earth was like the Titanic. Nicole was determined to help root them out. But a terrorist organization, nicknamed Icarus, resented the dedication of resources to the privileged few who could qualify for outer space, and its clandestine members were causing havoc wherever they could. Scientists and politicians on Earth have been working on a space program, headquartered on the moon, to get as many people off the planet as possible, since the Earth has been in a self-destruct mode since the meteor incident, with tidal waves, fires, floods, and other climate-related disasters. Nicole is also still serving as an astronaut although, as she often reminds us, she is over 50 years old and (secretly) suffering from arthritis, among other maladies, that if known about would end her career. The focus of this book is on Nicole Wargin, wife of the Governor of Kansas. It had been 11 years since a meteor struck the East Coast in 1952 and destroyed most of it. ![]() ![]() ![]() This alternate history scifi novel is part of the “Lady Astronaut” series, with this third book as a companion novel to the second book, which followed the story of the first lady astronaut, Elma York, on her way to Mars. ![]()
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