BadAsstronauts Audiobook Libro.fm

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From New York Times bestselling author of My Best Friends Exorcism The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix takes a break from horror and goes allin on scifi in this novella about backyard rocket jockeys trying to get into low earth orbitMelville South Carolina was out of money it was out of jobs it was out of hope and today it was out of astronauts There were only two to begin with and now one is stuck on the abandoned International Space Station after his mission went south With NASAs budget cut to the bone theres no one to bring him back home so everyone is only too happy to ignore this embarrassing sign of American Failure and just let him die But his cousin Walter Reddie isnt going to let that happenTanked on vodka living on a farm whose only crop is cars on cinderblocks Walters a washout from the Shuttle Program and hell be damned if hes going to let his cousin die in the sky like a dog And so he begins to build a rocket If America wont rescue its astronauts hell do it himselfViolating numerous laws good taste common sense logic and reason Walter becomes a lightning rod for people who arent ready to give up His farm is transformed into the promised land for misfits drifters rocket junkies pyromaniacs dreamers science nerds and astrohippies who believe that space shouldnt just be for billionaires But it wont be easy Chances are good theyll blow themselves up get arrested or kill each other before they ever get into orbit