First published 2023
Sixteen sunrises, sixteen sunsets—that's all the time the six astronauts aboard the Orbital space station have left. Selected for one of the last missions before the program is dismantled, they've traded their lives on Earth for a chance to witness the planet from above. As they whip up dehydrated meals and float in zero-gravity sleep, the astronauts forge bonds that will be their only defense against the isolation of space. But with the station's systems failing, they must race against time to complete their mission and return home before it's too late. In the end, their glimpse of the silent blue marble below will leave an indelible mark.
Genres: science-fiction, space, adventure, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, race-against-time
Setting: Orbital
Period: 21st-century
224 pages · Hardcover · Atlantic Monthly Press