When contact is lost with Mission Control, Commander John Dennington isn’t overly concerned. Such hiccups in communication are common. The first inkling of the larger problem occurs when he sees the very shape of the world change before his eyes.<br><br>John must ease his crew into a new mission and keep the Station together by any means necessary. The crew jeopardizes their chances by fighting his orders, but Jason Weiss, his mission specialist and the light of his life, makes John’s situation more bearable.<br><br>The smallest malfunction to Station or crew would spell the end for six astronauts trapped high above a ruined Earth. It’s their mission to carry on. Random chance of the universe hasn’t operated in their favor so far, but John is determined to see them all safely home.

Expedition 63 Book 1: Dusk

It took a lot of discipline to keep the whoop of triumph in his chest when John looked up and grinned, but Jason managed. The smug smile, on the other hand, was impossible to hide.


“Yeah, yeah,” John chuckled. “That’s a great idea.”


“I do have them from time to time,” Jason said.


“Only from time to time,” was John’s response. “Otherwise, you’d have my job.”


Jason hauled him in for a quick, hard press of lips. “I’d have your job if I wanted it,” he returned with a laugh.


“You think so?” John asked and then he was herding Jason along into the open space of the Cupola under them. There was no real way to close it off from the rest of the Station, but when someone wanted privacy, they put up a ‘privacy screen’, basically a pinned up piece of canvas over the entry. John handled that while Jason’s attention went to the windows.


Chapter 18