Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele

Apollo's Outcasts by Allen Steele

Jamey Barlowe has been crippled since childhood, the result of being born on the Moon. He lives his life in a wheelchair, only truly free when he is in the water. But then Jamey s father sends him, along with five other kids, back to the Moon to escape a political coup d etat that has occurred overnight in the United States. Moreover, one of the other five refugees is more than she appears. Their destination is the mining colony, Apollo. Jamey will have to learn a whole new way to live, one that entails walking for the first time in his life.

It won t be easy and it won t be safe. But Jamey is determined to make it as a member of Lunar Search and Rescue, also known as the Rangers. This job is always risky but could be even more dangerous if the new US president makes good on her threat to launch a military invasion. Soon Jamey is front and center in a political and military struggle stretching from the Earth to the Moon.

Allen Steele was a journalist before turning to his first love, science fiction. Since then he has published 17 previous novels and nearly 100 short stories. His work has received numerous awards, including three Hugos, and has been translated worldwide. A lifelong space enthusiast, he has testified before Congress in hearings regarding space exploration, has flown the NASA space shuttle simulator, and serves as an advisor for the Space Frontier Foundation. Steele lives in Massachusetts with his wife and dogs. Visit him online at www.allensteele.com and at www.facebook.com/Allensteelesfwriter.

Allen Steele began his career as a journalist covering the space program before moving on to write speculative fiction. Allen's first novel, Orbital Decay, was named Best First Novel of the Year by Locus, and he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award twice. The Campbell Award is given to a person who has made He also began writing for science fiction periodicals and selling his work to them. He has won three Hugo awards for short fiction (1996, 1998, and 2010) and is a frequent Nebula nominee. He and his DJ wife Linda now live in Whately, Massachusetts.