Missing Man
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Special Collections / Author Archives › D. Douglas Fratz Collection
ISBN: 0312866208 / Publisher: Forge, September 1998
When a veteran astronaut mysteriously dies during a routine training flight, survivor Mark Koskinen, a rookie astronaut, finds himself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy that high-ranking NASA officials will do anything to keep hidden
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Rookie astronaut Mark Koskinen thought it was a lucky break when he was paired with NASA legend Joe Buerhle for his first training flight. But during the mission, something went terribly wrong, Buerhle suddenly started behaving erratically, losing control of the plane, crashing it into the shallow waters of the Texas Gulf, and finally dying on impact. Mark was the only survivor.Now, in the aftermath of the crash, Mark finds himself caught up in a web of suspicion, intrigue, and deception. And the NASA brass are making him a scapegoat, hinting that his career - like Joe Buerhle - might be dead in the water. To clear his name, Mark sets out to discover the truth. One by one, his friends begin to turn against him, until his only ally is Kelly Gessner, a beautiful woman astronaut who had once been Buerhle's lover.
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