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A MINING COLONY ON THE MOON. A DEADLY MISSION. AND A SECRET BIGGER THAN TWO WORLDS.
It’s the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth.
Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner. But when he saves a fellow miner, his life changes forever. Impressed by his heroism, the owner of the mine orders Crater to undertake a dangerous mission. Crater doubts himself, but has no choice. He must go.
With the help of Maria, the mine owner’s frustrating but gorgeous granddaughter, and his gillie—a sentient and sometimes insubordinate clump of slime mold cells—Crater must fight both human and subhuman enemies. He’ll battle his way across a thousand miles of deadly lunar terrain and face genetically altered super warriors in his quest to recover an astonishing object that will alter the lives of everyone on the moon.
“Long-haul trucking on the Moon . . . with raiders, romance and a secret mission . . . High adventure on the space frontier.” —Kirkus Reviews
- Sales Rank: #987016 in Books
- Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
- Published on: 2012-12-31
- Released on: 2012-12-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.39" h x .75" w x 5.47" l, .65 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Review
“Long-haul trucking on the Moon . . . with raiders, romance and a secret mission . . . High adventure on the space frontier.” (Kirkus)
From the Author
Crater is the first of the Helium-3 trilogy. It is a tough look at a tough people who scrape out a living on the moon. Nothing is easy for 16-year old Crater who is sent out across a thousand miles of the lunar "wayback" to seek out a prize that has already caused the death of two men. Eventually, he has to vault into space aboard a lunar Cycler, there to confront an enemy assault force made up of creatures who were born to do one thing: kill people.Here is the trailer for Crater which gives a taste of his adventure to come. youtube.com/watch?v=seACNm1tzLo&feature=related
About the Author
Homer Hickam (also known as Homer H. Hickam, Jr.) is the bestselling and award-winning author of many books, including the #1 New York Times memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the popular film October Sky. A writer since grade school, he is also a Vietnam veteran, a former coal miner, a scuba instructor, an avid amateur paleontologist, and a retired engineer. He lives in Alabama and the Virgin Islands.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Adventure on the moon!
By M Elliott "a reader from TX"
Crater Trueblood is an orphaned 16 year-old who lives and works on the moon. He has a job he likes mining moon dust; he has friends; he is happy. In an on-the-job emergency, Crater's quick thinking saves lives and equipment and captures the attention of Colonel Medaris, who owns the mining company and much of the moon's other developments. The Colonel recruits Crater, who has extraordinary mechanical and engineering skills, for a mission. He will travel as a scout, along with the Colonel's attractive and feisty granddaughter, Maria, for a convoy of truckers delivering Helium 3, the fuel extracted from moon dust, to a transport site on the other side of the moon. When there, he will also take possession of a mysterious package to be delivered to the Colonel. And so begins Crater's great journey across the moon.
Hickam, an engineer for NASA, is the author of several books, including Rocket Boys, a novel based on his own life, and Back to the Moon. This is his first young adult novel, the beginning of a trilogy, and is a rollicking good tale, enjoyable to adults as well as younger readers. The innocent, somewhat naïve and just plain good Crater is both appealing and a great role model, with his strong sense of justice and fair play. He is also smart and brave (though he doesn't think so), and has what another character calls "true grit" (a nod to Charles Portis' great novel about another courageous youngster who "set out across the territory," the unforgettable Mattie Ross). Crater's journey across the vast, unpopulated reaches of the moon is, in fact, very reminiscent of the American old west, the convoy of truckers not unlike a cattle drive or wagon train, with a threat of ambush from the uncivilized and lawless, and weapons that include flechettes (arrows).
A skillful and entertaining writer, Hickam blends imagination and futuristic ideas with actual science in provoking and intriguing ways. Besides Crater, he creates other characters we care about, including a "gillie" -described as a collection of slime mold cells--which rides in a holster on Crater's shoulder and functions as a combination of Iphone, Ipad, PDA, and personal computer. There's also a horse named Pegasus and his Will Rogers-like owner; Crater's friend, Petro, who may or may not be the heir to the British throne; and several creative--and wonderfully named-- villains. Hickam infuses his story with warmth, humor, and unobtrusive but significant observations on the social aspect of an imagined future: what it is like to live on the moon, the sobering results of bio engineering, and the age-old disproportion of greed, power, and responsibility among those who take risks and settle frontiers. I look forward to Hickam's second Helium 3 story, and the further adventures of young Crater Trueblood.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Teachers will love this book almost as much as teens!
By Amazon Customer
Science, math, and English teachers are going to love this book. "CRATER" is wild romp across vast stretches of the lunar landscape that is reminiscent of the Wild, Wild West. Just as California minors used to push 20 mule-team borax conveys across the Mohave Desert, teen Crater joins a future and very modern Helium 3, or Hel-3,convoy across the Moon's vast empty stretches. Homer Hickam keeps the reader guessing and in suspense as the story twists and turns between Luna and Earth. Hickam's many years as a NASA engineer bring science and realism to the world he masterfully creates. Although by no means a text book, Homer's descriptions of the 22d century tech embody the best ideas coming out of NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center. CRATER is a page turner that is impossible to put down. It is well written, informative, and provocative, without gratuitous sex, violence, or foul language. Take note librarians: CRATER is a must for inclusion on summer reading lists . Keep writing Homer your fans await the upcoming sequels. Back to the Moon: A Novel Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) Paco: The Cat Who Meowed in Space (Kindle Single) October Sky (Special Edition)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Geared toward a younger crowd
By Jessie Potts
Crater took me a while to finish because it was very, very slow to start off with. I find that sometimes this is the case with sci-fi books, the author/s want to make sure that the setting/rules/world is clearly understood. When Crater finally picked up it was honestly the gillie that stole the show not the main character. Gillie is basically an illegal slime mold type of organism that has brains, wit and helps the hero Crater on his journey.
I won't rehash the plot but I feel like if I were younger I'd enjoy this book even more. There are many YA books that transcend the genre, but Crater excelled at everything he did, the hardships didn't seem that realistic and the ending was wrapped up way too nicely and quickly. Especially the reason behind all the killings, it seemed like if I was younger I would be able to accept it, but it seemed a really dumb thing to kill for to me now.
I have a younger cousin who I think would really enjoy this (he's 11 and loves adventure books with a male pov) So I'll update later. All in all if you like younger sci-fi YA books and are interested in the slime mold concept I'd pick it up, it's slow but interesting, if you're looking for a fast paced real sci-fi novel I'd pass.
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