Red Moon

About this book

It begins in 1964 with the sudden and unexpected death of Sergai Korolev the man who ran the Soviet Space Program. Young Yuri Ribko an engineering student working for one of the Korolevs bureaus is either fortunate or unfortunate to have an uncle who is a high ranking member of State security. Yuris uncle recruits him to spy within the Bureau to assist in identifying possible threats to the Space Program. In return Yuri is set on a fast-track of promotion from engineering assistant to cosmonaut. From the earliest work on Russias lunar lander through a devastating string of exploding launch vehicles and deadly landings Red Moon gives us an insiders view of Russias gallant but doomed Moon Shot.