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

The arms locked around him fell away and John spun forward with a crash into Eli. John shoved at him. Hiscrewman scrabbled at his arms, but John tucked his feet in Eli’s stomach and heaved him out of the way of the door. Jason was slurring in his ear, not loud enough to penetrate the tangle of pain in his head and glacial fear that covered his heart.


The hatch hissed open with a vicious jerk of the handle and John tumbled in, smacking his aching head on the frame. “Jason!” The shout made his lover’s head lift in response, a pinched moue clear as day.


Jason seemed to be huddle in the curve of the airlock, trying to hide his body from something John couldn’t see. But no, there was a rigid set to his jaw and Jason was not quite touching the metal. “Commander, you need to back away from the hatch.”


Shock bolted through him like a punch to the gut. “I don’t think so. I’m going to let you in.”


Chapter 46