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Wordfest welcomes back astronaut Chris Hadfield and his new book, an edge-of-your-seat thriller set about China’s secret role in the 1970s Space Race between the US and the USSR. This exclusive experience includes a copy of Final Orbit (retail price: $39)! The literally stellar conversation will be hosted by journalist and adventurer David Gray and includes an audience Q & A and pre-signed book personalizations.
Our friends at Owl’s Nest books will also be on site if you’d like to purchase additional copies of Final Orbit or titles from Hadfield’s best-selling backlist. And you get 10% off your book purchase if you pre-order a bundle of two or more books here.
We are grateful to Penguin Random House Canada for making it possible to connect you with Chris Hadfield.
David Gray
Lively Conversation
Audience Q&A
Pop-Up Bookstore
Pre-Signed Books
Post-Show Personalizations
Libations Bar
75 minutes. No intermission
Penguin Random House Canada
Chris Hadfield is one of the world’s most seasoned and accomplished astronauts. He was the top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and a Cold War fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in Canadian air space. A veteran of three space flights, he served as capsule communicator—CAPCOM—for 25 Shuttle missions, as NASA’s director of operations in Russia, and as commander of the International Space Station. Hadfield’s books, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, You Are Here and The Darkest Dark, have all been international bestsellers, and topped the charts for months in Canada. His debut novel, The Apollo Murders, became an instant #1 bestseller in his homeland.
From the #1 bestselling author and astronaut Chris Hadfield, an edge-of-you-seat thriller set about China’s secret role in the 1970s Space Race between the US and the USSR.
Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident changes everything.
Meanwhile, from a remote location in East Asia, the first Chinese spacecraft secretly launches. On board is China’s first astronaut, Fang Guojun, whose mission puts him on a collision course with the Apollo crew. As Kaz races against an enemy on the ground and for answers beyond the sky, the safety of the remaining crew hangs in the balance…
Full of intrigue and real history—including the fascinating story of Professor Tsien Hsue-shen, the “Father of Chinese Rocketry” and founder of China’s space program—Final Orbit accelerates to a thrilling conclusion that captures the beauty and terror of survival 270 miles above Earth, as could only be written by one of the most experienced astronauts alive.
David Gray
Lively Conversation
Audience Q&A
Pop-Up Bookstore
Pre-Signed Books
Post-Show Personalizations
Libations Bar
75 minutes. No intermission
Penguin Random House Canada
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