{"product_id":"one-world-one-moon-paul-sider-9798250076883","title":"One World, One Moon: An Alternative History - A Literary Novella of the Soviet Moon Landing of March 1969","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the \u003cb\u003eSoviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e had pushed its lunar program one decisive step further in 1969? This novella reconstructs an alternative mission with rigorous attention to real spacecraft, real personalities, and the political pressures of the era. Drawing on authentic engineering details and historical events, it imagines a world in which \u003cb\u003eAlexei Leonov and Nikolai Rukavishnikov \u003c\/b\u003eare chosen to attempt the \u003cb\u003efirst human landing on the Moon\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir journey unfolds aboard Zond L and the \u003cb\u003eLK lander\u003c\/b\u003e-cosmic ships that, in our world, never received their chance. At the center of the mission stands the N1, the colossal and notoriously unreliable Soviet super-rocket whose real-world failures shaped the outcome of the space race. Here, it is given one final opportunity to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the mission progresses, \u003cb\u003etechnical failures, design compromises, and human decisions collide\u003c\/b\u003e in a chain of events that feels both authentic and unsettlingly plausible. The story blends factual history with speculative engineering to create a tightly focused, realistic techno-thriller-one that explores how close the world came to a different outcome, and what such a mission might truly have demanded from the people who dared to fly it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tribute to courage, ingenuity, and the fragile boundary between triumph and catastrophe, this novella offers a vivid reimagining of the \u003cb\u003eMoon race\u003c\/b\u003e at its most critical moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Sider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250076883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Paul Sider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172296663295,"sku":"9798250076883","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-world-one-moon-paul-sider-9798250076883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}