Blue Gemini: A Thriller, by Mike Jenne
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Scott Ourecky wanted to fly—he never dreamed he'd end up in a secret military space program.The year is 1968: The Cold War is far from over, nuclear annihilation is always only a heartbeat away. America is racing the Soviet Union to land men on the Moon, a war is raging, and a pivotal presidential election looms on the horizon. A child of the early space age, Lieutenant Scott Ourecky joined the Air Force with aspirations of going to flight school. A brilliant engineer, he repeatedly fails the aptitude test to become a pilot but is selected to work on a highly classified military space program—the innocuously named Aerospace Support Project—in which Air Force astronauts are slated to fly missions to intercept and destroy suspect Soviet satellites. When one of the astronauts in training abruptly falls out of the project, Ourecky is asked to fill in for the two-man simulated missions and survival training only, serving with a headstrong and abrasive test pilot, Major Drew Carson, until another astronaut can be assigned. By far the most proficient pilot assigned to the project, Carson has a dangerous propensity to engage in “pick-up” dog fighting sessions while on cross-country training flights. And although Ourecky was only a temporary “place holder,” not destined to fly in space, he soon finds himself much more involved than he ever anticipated—and in deepest peril.Based on a real secret space program, Blue Gemini combines high-altitude action with edge-of-your-seat storytelling to create a modern Cold War thriller.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Blue Gemini: A Thriller, by Mike Jenne- Amazon Sales Rank: #491331 in Books
- Brand: Yucca Publishing
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.70" w x 6.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 568 pages
Review "...an epic tale of high-stakes action seasoned with the muddy complexities of human relationships." —Publishers Weekly"Tom Clancy and Dan Brown have got nothing on Mike Jenne!" —Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly"An excellent tale...[Jenne] tells a story that just about anyone can read and understand, but includes enough detail to keep even an expert entertained." —The Space Review"It's fiction but you'd hardly know it. The settings and other details are spot on! A great read.” —Werner J.A. Dahm, (former) Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force"...realism that almost had me looking for my headset to start working the mission!" —John Muratore, Former Shuttle Flight Director
About the Author Mike Jenne is a licensed pilot, life-long aerospace aficionado and amateur space historian. As a child, he felt the ground shudder-often - as the Saturn V moon rockets were tested at nearby Marshall Space Flight Center. Trained as an Army Ranger and Military Freefall (“HALO”) Parachutist, he is a former Special Forces officer who has served across the globe, including deployments to Africa, Central America, Haiti, the Middle East, and Afghanistan. Mike and his wife, Adele, make their home in Trussville, Alabama.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Excellent writting, outstanding historical insight -- but - you must be a space geek to truly appreciate! By Rebbratt As a retired Air Force missile launch officer and space system operator, I can give a testimonial that this is probably the most technically accurate space related “historical fictions” I’ve read! The simulation activities of the crew members and actual operations procedures are spot on, and provide a realistic backdrop to some little known space projects that actually occurred, as Top Secret projects (now, declassified) during the Cold War. Having said that, if you have never been directly connected with aircraft systems, rocketry, and or space flight, the technical jargon, procedures, and plot flow might not be your cup of coffee and might drive you away. In this book, the “action” is demonstrated by the operators “operating” and technical details being followed step by step. The details are many and sometimes, slow moving. Unfortunately, if someone was expecting a shoot em-up-bang-bang spy novel or James Bond type military in space novel, this excellently written piece will not capture you!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. At last, a story worthy of the Air Force's "Blue Gemini" wishes! By John Charles It is tempting to say that the two-man Gemini spacecraft is the star of "Blue Gemini" by Mike Jenne, or at least the best supporting actor. America's sophomore space capsule brought the space age into full bloom and demonstrated all the potentials of astronauts in space. Baby boomers like Jenne and me came of age hoping that Gemini would grow into more versions and more missions. But in fact it was a stop gap capability, supplanted by Apollo and left in the the dust by later, more flexible spacecraft.Or was it? What if there were a top-secret Air Force program that, like the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, depended on Gemini, but unlike MOL, actually flew missions that may have helped America win the Cold War?That is the premise of "Blue Gemini" but the novel itself is so much more than a paean to an obsolete spaceship. It is a nostalgic revisit to the 1960s, a peek into the world of international espionage, a look over the fence at brutal military training, a glimpse at the surprisingly human faces of America's staunch adversaries on the other side of the iron curtain, a visit with unfortunate people whose poor judgment only makes their own lives worse, and much more.Mike Jenne moves his large ensemble of well-developed characters through a surprisingly credible alternate history without missing a step. The individual stories flow seamlessly and believably in spite of surprise developments. He uses then-current technology realistically to set up events and let them occur. That the characters' individual lives don't fully intertwine in "Blue Gemini" only signals the scope of later installments in the series.I compare "Blue Gemini" favorably to "The Martian" by Andy Weir, and they should appeal to the same readers. "Blue Gemini" is less man-vs. nature and more about teamwork, but they both transport us into hard-edged worlds which force smart people to take big risks in noble causes, and not without setbacks.And in "Blue Gemini" the nerd gets the girl, wins over the jock and saves the day. With all that and Gemini, too, what's not to like?
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful. I greatly enjoyed the entire book By John R. Scales I got my copy of Mike Jenne's new book on Wednesday, starting reading it, and went straight through. It is now Saturday and I wish volume 2 of the trilogy was ready for me. I greatly enjoyed the entire book. Set in the 1960's the book carries you back there with a great and realistic plot revolving around the Cold War space race. Filled with technical details, most of them not fiction at all but accurate depictions of the technology and the tensions, the book carries you along so intensely you have trouble putting it down. Very well done - can't wait to read the next two!
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