Download or read book The Moon and the Desert written by Robert E. Hampson and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it really take to make the Six Million Dollar Man? a medical thriller on earth and in space! Glenn Armstrong Shepard had his sights set on going to Mars as a flight surgeon, but a training accident on the Moon left him crippled. Now he has a new plan: to be fitted with bionic prosthetics and come back even stronger. Fate and the Space Force have other plans, and Glenn is grounded. Another doctor—his ex-fiancée—takes his place, and Glenn will have to fight to prove he can be an astronaut once more. . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Stellaris: People of the Stars, co-edited by Robert E. Hampson: “[A] thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculative fiction solutions. . . . Readers will enjoy this collection that is as educational as it is entertaining.” —Booklist “This was an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing the stars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality was high.” —Tangent