Red Moon

by Michael Cassutt

A suspenseful odyssey inside the Soviet space program follows one young man, Yuri Ribko, as he journeys from engineering student to Soviet cosmonaut, under the secret auspices of his KGB uncle. 15,000 first printing.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Space, Thriller, Science Fiction

380 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

It has a very good description of the Russian space program. It is not a very good murder mystery.

[Dan Carey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here in America, we heard very little about the Soviet side of the Moon Race, especially once the Gemini program really got under way. Or so it seemed to me as a small child. Even so, my later reading about space exploration provided very little information on the Russian efforts to reach the moon. This historical novel is an interesting (and painless) remedy to that gap in historical knowledge. The main character has a Zelig-like way of being in the right place at the right time in order to continue relating the story. And occasionally, the author's machinations to put him there are a little too apparent. But apart from that, this is a fascinating and well-researched look into the Soviet manned space program of the 1960s. It has whet my appetite to look into some technical/science history books for even more information.

[Gigi]

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