Short Reviews: Simon Bradshaw

"First to the Moon!" [permanent link]. This is an engrossing tale set in an alternate history where the Axis Powers conquer Russia and coexist with an uneasy British Empire. In this age, Britain decides to be the first to the moon and rush to make it. But the crew of the rocket ship is uneasy with each other and about revelations about discreet help from an enemy to make it to the moon.
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"Prospero One" [permanent link]. Set in Baxter's Voyage universe (where NASA does not build the space shuttle but goes for a Mars mission), this is a story about Britain first and only manned rocket mission in 1974. As with all experimental missions at the time, this one is not without it danger.
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