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.

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“With a little bit of planning, it shouldn’t come to that,” John reiterated.


“What kind of seeds do we have, anyway?” Yakecen asked. “I didn’t look that closely at our stock.”


They all turned to Saito, probably with the same realization Jason had, that they were just as clueless as Yakecen was about the seeds chosen for the experiment. Saito narrowed his gaze at them, but made the monumental effort not to roll his eyes, which Jason was grateful for.


“NASA decided to send up two hundred seeds for lettuce, chives, peas, carrots, bell peppers, tomato, eggplant, and beans,” Saito answered.


“I’m surprised at the selection,” Eli grinned.


“We decided to test a wide variety of vegetables for hardiness, shelf life, and ease of cultivation in a zero gravity environment.” Saito’s shoulders jerked up in a shrug. “Without a great deal of parasites or diseases to affect the plants, we should have almost four hundred pounds of vegetables percrop to see us through.”


Chapter 28