The Last Astronaut

Name: The Last Astronaut
Price: 1.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.9 (3418 reviews)
Author: David Wellington

by David Wellington

Thriller Science Fiction

3.9 (3,418)

3.9 stars from 3,418 reviews. Top 66% of Thriller books we track.

384 pages~6.4 hr readPublished by OrbitPublished 2019-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love hard science fiction with real orbital mechanics and NASA procedurals woven into the tension.
You want first contact that doesn't go the way humanity hoped, with genuine dread building throughout.
You enjoy character-driven space thrillers where the protagonist's past failures matter as much as the present threat.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer optimistic visions of humanity meeting aliens or stories where communication solves the problem.
You want cosy, low-stakes science fiction without sustained survival horror elements.
You need extensive worldbuilding or philosophical exploration of alien intelligence rather than tight, propulsive plotting.

About this book

Sally Jansen was NASA's leading astronaut until a Mars mission ended in disaster. Haunted by this failure, she has withdrawn from public life, believing her space career is finished. When a large alien object enters the solar system on a direct course toward Earth with no attempt at communication, NASA has few options. The agency turns to Jansen to help respond to the threat. As the object begins to reveal its nature, Jansen and her crew face a desperate struggle for survival against both the vacuum of space and something far more dangerous.

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Currently on sale at $1.99 — 80% off peak. Price has dropped 11 times over the last 6 years. Goes on sale roughly every 206 days. Typically stays discounted for 8 days.

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Currently around #72K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller.

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Currently 3.9★ from 3,418 reviews

Gaining approximately 28 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has remained stable at 3.9 over the tracking period.

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