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Infinite Blues

A Cold War Fever Dream

Gerald Brennan

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English
Tortoise Books
15 June 2021
Series: Altered Space
June, 1968. An air force astronaut flies to an orbiting observation platform for a forty-day stint spying on the Soviet Union from space-and discovers a plot that will determine the fate of the world. The fourth book in the Altered Space series, Infinite Blues imagines a militarized Space Race in a Cold War that never was, with America trying to find its way back to normalcy after the MacArthur presidency, and warily watching as Beria's Soviet Union builds the ballistic missiles that threaten to destroy it on a half-hour's notice. A thoroughly researched thriller full of political paranoia and imaginative intrigue, it's also a look at today's America through the lens of an alternate past, as well as a literary examination of observation and participation, individualism and collectivism, the ideas and attitudes that hold our country together-and the ones that might send it careening towards catastrophe. The titles in the Altered Space series are wholly separate narratives, but all deal with the mysteries of space and time, progress and circularity. Each one is an ens of words in which orbits of spacecraft, moons, planets, and people allow us fresh perspectives on the cycles of our own lives.
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Imprint:   Tortoise Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 40mm
Weight:   777g
ISBN:   9781948954181
ISBN 10:   1948954184
Series:   Altered Space
Pages:   726
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 13 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mr. Brennan earned a B.S. in European History from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University in New York. He's the author of Resistance, and a series of space books including Zero Phase, Public Loneliness, Island of Clouds, Infinite Blues, and the forthcoming Alone on the Moon. He's done extensive original research for his space titles, including interviews with former astronauts (some of whom have walked on the moon) and technical consultation with retired NASA engineers, but budgetary constraints have prevented on-site outer space research. (So far.) His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Hypertext Magazine, The Good Men Project, and Innerview Magazine. He's the founder of Tortoise Books; he's also been a frequent contributor and co-editor at Back to Print and The Deadline. He resides in Chicago. Follow him on Twitter @jerry_brennan

Reviews for Infinite Blues: A Cold War Fever Dream

“Brennan’s most ambitious novel to date is an engaging adventure thriller showing how just a few changed moments in history—perhaps even chosen by the reader themselves—can alter our world forever. The spine-chilling descriptions will remain with me long after finishing it.” — Francis French, author, In the Shadow of the Moon “Gerald Brennan’s new Cold War thriller is a bracing, surreal look at what could have happened juxtaposed with the shock of the new, all set against the background of a proposed crewed reconnaissance program in low Earth orbit. You won’t be able to put it down!” — Emily Carney, blogger and space historian, AmericaSpace ""Though 'alternate' and 'alternative' history are often used interchangeably, the words don’t mean the same thing. The fourth installment of Gerald Brennan’s Altered Space series is shaped by a sustained engagement with the very concept of alternatives: wrenching decisions and random occurrences that determine the course of stories, histories, and individual lives. Employing the scrupulous detail of classic technothrillers alongside James-Ellroy-esque reality-scrambling and a fractal elegance that recalls the work of Agustín Fernández Mallo, Infinite Blues plays out against the perilous backdrop of a reimagined Cold War in which the conquest of space has been undertaken neither in peace nor for all mankind."" — Martin Seay, author, The Mirror Thief ""Tense, dense and claustrophobic, Infinite Blues is a captivating Cold War thriller from a world that never was—hitting the ground running like an alt-history Hunt for Red October in space, and escalating the paranoia as it boils to its inexorable conclusion(s)."" — David Hitt, author, Homesteading Space


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