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Ascent: A Novel by Jed Mercurio (First Edition: 2007, Hardcover)
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Product Dimensions
- 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Brand
- Simon & Schuster
- Type
- Novel
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Literary Movement
- Modernism, Post-Modernism
- Era
- 2000s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780743298223
- Book Title
- Ascent
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary
- Item Weight
- 14.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743298225
ISBN-13
9780743298223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56972231
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ascent
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-051230
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Table Of Content
Stalingrad: 1946 Korea: 1952 -- 1953 Franz Josef Land: 1955 -- 19641 Star City and Baikonur: 1966 -- 1969 The Earth and The Moon: 1969 -- Acknowledgments Bibliography Afterword
Synopsis
The Sun swings behind the world. Night engulfs him. The dull metal craft plunges through space, its portholes pale beacons containing the silhouette of a man, and the only other lights are the stars themselves. Can one act define a man? Or his country?Ascentis the spellbinding thriller by critically acclaimed British novelist Jed Mercurio. Inspired by the secrets still surrounding the USSR's race against the United States to put a man on the moon, Mercurio asks the chilling question, What if the Americans weren't first? Ascent takes us on the perilous journey of its singular hero, the brave and determined Yefgenii Yeremin. Yefgenii rises from the privation of a Stalingrad orphanage in 1946 to the heights of the cosmonaut corps. During the Korean War he joins an elite Soviet squadron conducting a secret air war against the famous aces of the U.S. Air Force. Dubbed Ivan the Terrible, he amasses more jet kills than any fighter pilot in history, but his feats must remain unknown to his countrymen, his victories un-celebrated. After the war, his achievements are scrubbed from the records and he is exiled to a base above the Arctic Circle, where he flies patrols on the edge of American airspace. There he learns that Yuri Gagarin has become the first man in space, the greatest of all heroes. And then, as America's Apollo astronauts prepare to reach the Moon, he is given a new name and sent into cosmonaut training. Throughout his career, he has craved a place in history, in the climactic clash between the two great powers. At last his country calls him. And somewhere between the Earth and the Moon, Ivan the Terrible finds his mission to create history, to exceed his own life. With one of the most fascinating heroes in recent fiction, Ascent builds a terrifying scenario within the shadowy history of the space race. Haunting, tragic, boldly inventive,Ascentis a tour de force of imagination., Mercurio delivers a thrilling psychological drama about a Soviet pilot's pursuit of the perfect mission and the power of ideology. Hailed by critics in the U.K., the author's first novel "Bodies" was nominated as one of the top five debuts of the year., The Sun swings behind the world. Night engulfs him. The dull metal craft plunges through space, its portholes pale beacons containing the silhouette of a man, and the only other lights are the stars themselves. Can one act define a man? Or his country? "Ascent" is the spellbinding thriller by critically acclaimed British novelist Jed Mercurio. Inspired by the secrets still surrounding the USSR's race against the United States to put a man on the moon, Mercurio asks the chilling question, What if the Americans weren't first? Ascent takes us on the perilous journey of its singular hero, the brave and determined Yefgenii Yeremin. Yefgenii rises from the privation of a Stalingrad orphanage in 1946 to the heights of the cosmonaut corps. During the Korean War he joins an elite Soviet squadron conducting a secret air war against the famous aces of the U.S. Air Force. Dubbed Ivan the Terrible, he amasses more jet kills than any fighter pilot in history, but his feats must remain unknown to his countrymen, his victories un-celebrated. After the war, his achievements are scrubbed from the records and he is exiled to a base above the Arctic Circle, where he flies patrols on the edge of American airspace. There he learns that Yuri Gagarin has become the first man in space, the greatest of all heroes. And then, as America's Apollo astronauts prepare to reach the Moon, he is given a new name and sent into cosmonaut training. Throughout his career, he has craved a place in history, in the climactic clash between the two great powers. At last his country calls him. And somewhere between the Earth and the Moon, Ivan the Terrible finds his mission to create history, to exceed his own life.With one of the most fascinating heroes in recent fiction, Ascent builds a terrifying scenario within the shadowy history of the space race. Haunting, tragic, boldly inventive, "Ascent" is a tour de force of imagination., Mercurio delivers a thrilling psychological drama about a Soviet pilot's pursuit of the perfect mission and the power of ideology. Hailed by critics in the U.K., the author's first novel Bodies was nominated as one of the top five debuts of the year.
LC Classification Number
PR6113.E73A83 2007
Copyright Date
2007
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