Title: 172 Hours on the
Moon
Author: Johan Harstad
Publisher: Atom
Published: April 2012
ISBN: 978 1907 411519
Rating: 4.5/5
The cover doesn’t really
tell you a lot about the book – not until you’ve read it anyway!
From the outset there is a
hidden agenda, which readers are aware of, but only in part. A competition is run to attract some teens to
have a seat on the first shuttle to go to the moon in over forty years.
I enjoyed getting to know
the hopes and dreams of the teenagers who won the lottery. The suspense in the book is palpable and
builds as soon as Himmelfarb and part of his story comes to light.
Once the team is on the
moon it is clear that they aren’t all on the same level of understanding, and
that the teens have been kept in the dark of the true purpose they are there.
The end was a bit
surprising – BAM! Out of nowhere you
have to re-evaluate what could have been!
(Can’t say more than that, otherwise it will ruin the plot for those who
haven’t read it!)
Book synopsis:
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.
Source – Many thanks to Atom,
a copy was received in return for an honest review.
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