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172 hours on the moon : a novel / by Johan Harstad.

by Harstad, Johan, 1979-

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Little, Brown, 2012.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Fiction.

Astronauts -- Fiction.

Space flight to the moon -- Fiction.

Moon -- Fiction.

9780316182881 (hc.)

0316182885 (hc.)

9780316182898 (pbk.)

Darlah. English

Alternate title:

One hundred seventy-two hours on the moon

351 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Translation from Norwegian by Tara F. Chace.

First published as Darlah: 172 timer på månen in Norway in 2008.

In 2019, teens Mia, Antoine, and Midori are selected by lottery to join experienced astronauts on a NASA mission to the once top-secret moon base, DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the terrible danger there.

"It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space—and change their lives forever. Mia, from Norway, hopes this will be her punk band's ticket to fame and fortune. Midori believes it's her way out of her restrained life in Japan. Antoine, from France, just wants to get as far away from his ex-girlfriend as possible. It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space... no one is coming to save them. In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true."--From publisher.

Science fiction.

Norwegian fiction -- Translations into English.

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