The Last Astronaut -- David Wellington

<b>Shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2020!</b><b><br></b><b>A terrifying tour de force. </b>--James Rollins<b><br></b><b>Readers will be riveted. </b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)<br>Sally Jansen was NASA's leading astronaut, until a mission to Mars ended in disaster. Haunted by her failure, she lives in quiet anonymity, convinced her days in space are over.<br>She's wrong.<br>A large alien object has entered the solar system on a straight course toward Earth. It has made no attempt to communicate. Out of time and out of options, NASA turns to Jansen. <br>But as the object reveals its secrets, Jansen and her crew find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival -- against the cold vacuum of space, and something far, far worse...<br><b>Breathless, compulsive reading.</b> --Christopher Golden<br><b>A suspenseful, fast-paced story of first contact.</b> --<i>Kirkus</i><br><br><b>Author:</b> David Wellington<br><b>Publisher:</b> Orbit<br><b>Published:</b> 07/23/2019<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780316419574<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 05/27/2019<br><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 06/01/2019<br><i>Booklist</i> 07/01/2019 pg. 36<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>David Wellington is an acclaimed author who has previously published over twenty novels in different genres.</p>