{"product_id":"orbit-paperback-2","title":"Orbit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Nance\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year is 2009.\u003c\/b\u003e For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure's spacecraft is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. But the thrill of the successful launch turns to terror when a micrometeorite penetrates the capsule, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot. Reality hits: Kip isn't going home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With nothing to do but wait for his doomed 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 underway 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn J. Nance, \u003c\/i\u003e aviation analyst for ABC News and a familiar face on \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America, \u003c\/i\u003e is the author of seventeen books, including \u003ci\u003eFire Flight, Skyhook, Turbulence, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeadwind.\u003c\/i\u003e Two of his novels, \u003ci\u003ePandora's Clock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMedusa's Child, \u003c\/i\u003e have been made into highly successful television miniseries. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Nance is a decorated pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm\/Desert Shield. He lives in University Place, Washing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118583582855,"sku":"9781451631715","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9a4a1bc2a8df579017b15de3167a5d25.webp?v=1732534592","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/orbit-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}