Orbit

By: John j. Nance

Narrated by: John J. Nance

The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure's first commercial spaceflight is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. It's a bittersweet moment of triumph, however, muted by his wife's terror over his accepting the prize. The day of the launch, Kip tries to reconcile his wife's and daughters' fears and even tries calling his estranged son, to no avail. He sets off, vowing to make amends upon his return. But a successful launch quickly morphs into chaos when a micrometeor punches through the wall of the spacecraft, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot.

In the blink of an eye, Kip Dawson is truly alone and has no way of navigating the ship home. With nothing to do but wait for his fate, Kip writes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer, unaware that an audience of millions has discovered it and is tracking his every word on the Internet. As a massive struggle gets under way to rescue him, Kip has no idea that the world can hear his cries - or that his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.

©2007 John J. Nance (P)2006 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Live your own life!

I have just finished this Audible book. Wow! And it's more than an adventure story that would make a great movie. IMAX would be great. But the main part of the book that struck me deep was the main character's writing on the laptop. Amazing. And the reactions, Fantastic. I sure like the "live your own life" message hidden in the story. This will definitely be a book that I listen to often and visit like an old friend. Also, I am surprised at how well the author, John J. Nance does as the reader of his book. Amazing. I have recently found this author and have listened to 4 or 5 of the others before this one. But this one makes the most impact on me that I've "read" so far. Now to listen to the rest. I love how he develops the characters and the flying in the stories. Read this one if you can only choose one. Read the rest if you have the time and can get them.

Excellent written story

I liked everything about this book! I could not stop listening to it. A compelling story about living life eyes wide open and in the moment at all times every day.

Great author

Love listening to John j nance this book is a great read for fiction space travel was on the edge of my seat the whole time

a one-man Apollo 13

I hesitated to start thinking it might be a clone
.wrong. one of my favorite now.

Couldn't stop listening.

Love that the author reads his own work. Amazing story. The characters are intriguing and so well written.