Win a Copy of Homer Hickam's "Crescent"

By Nancy Atkinson - September 17, 2013 10:17 PM UTC | Site News

Homer Hickam's latest series of books depicts life on the Moon in the next century. But it's not a utopia. "Crescent," the second book in the trilogy, includes battles against bioengineered beings and the hard life of mining helium-3. This series is written for young adults, but adults will enjoy the engaging characters, too.

You can read our full review and interview with Homer Hickam

here.

Universe Today has four copies of "Crescent" to give away.

In order to be entered into the giveaway drawing, just put your email address into the box at the bottom of this post (where it says "Enter the Giveaway") before Friday, September 20, 2013. We'll send you a confirmation email, so you'll need to click that to be entered into the drawing.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com