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

“I don’t know how much resolution you guys have on the feed,” Jason said once the busted wires were gone, off to float into the vast emptiness, “but the boards are good. The connectors are fine. We got really lucky this time.”


A sigh of profound relief escaped him, drawn up from somewhere below his sternum. They had gotten lucky, John agreed one hundred percent. “So, this will be an easy fix?”


Jason chuckled with a warm sensuality in his ear. The other two didn’t bat an eye, and John hoped it wasbecause they didn’t know what that particular tone meant. “It’ll take me less time to install the new wires than it did taking out the bad ones.”


Chapter 38