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Eighth Continent #2
Moon 2.0: A Hard Science Fiction Thriller
The disaster on the moon ruined Nick Morrison’s life…
Nick Morrison's life crumbled in the wake of a lunar catastrophe, leaving him broken and betrayed. But he's not one to back down, and now, he's returning to the Moon to rebuild what was lost.
Lunar prospecting has become a gold rush, and Nick has a bold plan to stake his claim, despite the bone-chilling challenges of survival in space. To succeed, he must form an uneasy alliance with Joe Massad, a man who once nearly cost Nick everything. Joe claims to have changed, but can Nick really trust him?
As deadly accidents pile up on the Moon base, Nick soon realizes that Joe isn't his only adversary. Powerful enemies on Earth are closing in, threatening not just Nick but the lives of everyone on the lunar surface.
The sequel to the stunning science-based thriller from NYT-bestselling authors Felix R. Savage and Rhett Bruno delivers a pulse-pounding drama of lunar survival and heartbreak. It’s perfect for fans of The Martian, Artemis, and For all Mankind.
Nick Morrison's life crumbled in the wake of a lunar catastrophe, leaving him broken and betrayed. But he's not one to back down, and now, he's returning to the Moon to rebuild what was lost.
Lunar prospecting has become a gold rush, and Nick has a bold plan to stake his claim, despite the bone-chilling challenges of survival in space. To succeed, he must form an uneasy alliance with Joe Massad, a man who once nearly cost Nick everything. Joe claims to have changed, but can Nick really trust him?
As deadly accidents pile up on the Moon base, Nick soon realizes that Joe isn't his only adversary. Powerful enemies on Earth are closing in, threatening not just Nick but the lives of everyone on the lunar surface.
The sequel to the stunning science-based thriller from NYT-bestselling authors Felix R. Savage and Rhett Bruno delivers a pulse-pounding drama of lunar survival and heartbreak. It’s perfect for fans of The Martian, Artemis, and For all Mankind.
569 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2023
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Rhett C. Bruno
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Rhett Bruno grew up in Hauppauge, New York, and studied at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he graduated cum laude.
He has been writing since he can remember, scribbling down what he thought were epic short stories when he was young to show to his parents. When he reached high school he decided to take that a step further and write the “Isinda Trilogy”. After the encouragement of his favorite English teacher he decided to self-publish the “Isinda Trilogy” so that the people closest to him could enjoy his early work.
While studying architecture Rhett continued to write as much as he could, but finding the time during the brutal curriculum proved difficult. It wasn’t until he was a senior that he decided to finally pursue his passion for Science Fiction. After rededicating himself to reading works of the Science Fiction author’s he always loved, (Frank Herbert, Timothy Zahn, Heinlein, etc.) he began writing “The Circuit: Executor Rising”, The first part of what he hopes will be a successful Adult Science Fiction Series.
Since then Rhett has been hired by an Architecture firm in Mount Kisco, NY. But that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to work on “The Circuit” and all of the other stories bouncing around in his head. He is also currently studying at the New School to earn a Certificate in Screenwriting in the hopes of one day writing for TV or Video Games.
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Rhett Bruno grew up in Hauppauge, New York, and studied at the Syracuse University School of Architecture where he graduated cum laude.
He has been writing since he can remember, scribbling down what he thought were epic short stories when he was young to show to his parents. When he reached high school he decided to take that a step further and write the “Isinda Trilogy”. After the encouragement of his favorite English teacher he decided to self-publish the “Isinda Trilogy” so that the people closest to him could enjoy his early work.
While studying architecture Rhett continued to write as much as he could, but finding the time during the brutal curriculum proved difficult. It wasn’t until he was a senior that he decided to finally pursue his passion for Science Fiction. After rededicating himself to reading works of the Science Fiction author’s he always loved, (Frank Herbert, Timothy Zahn, Heinlein, etc.) he began writing “The Circuit: Executor Rising”, The first part of what he hopes will be a successful Adult Science Fiction Series.
Since then Rhett has been hired by an Architecture firm in Mount Kisco, NY. But that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to work on “The Circuit” and all of the other stories bouncing around in his head. He is also currently studying at the New School to earn a Certificate in Screenwriting in the hopes of one day writing for TV or Video Games.
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March 23, 2024
This book surprised me. The first already set up a significant web of intrigue for the path to conquer the moon. Sometimes it’s spinning faster than I can keep track of, but I hung on to the end of this one and wow, it’s not letting up anytime soon. Book three is going to be epic, I’m sure of it!
November 15, 2023
What can I say? Bravo, I’m excited for the next!!!
December 6, 2023
Individual deaths stopped mattering after a while. The first one, two, or five changed you forever. After that it was just the cost of survival… on the moon.
"Moon 2.0" - unsurprisingly the 2nd instalment of Rhett C. Bruno' and Felix R. Savage's "Eighth Continent" - feels far too realistic in many ways to be considered truly fiction. Throughout this story, I kept thinking to myself "this is exactly how it could happen". Not only because the book itself is obviously expertly researched and crafted but because it. All. Makes. Too. Much. Sense! From the science to the continuing corporate shenanigans to the national / international / and interspatial politics and economic realities, it's just simply breath-taking in scope and execution.
Moon 2.0 is for everyone. That’s not a political statement. It’s an expression of our basic human rights.
Starting promptly after I finished Book 1 (well, after a good night's sleep and a spirited re-charge of coffee), I eagerly dove into this book that reads more like it's 60 pages long than nearly 600. Even with the complexity the authors have built in, the story reads like, well, it's been flung (slung?) from a 20 km long slingshot! And even though I obviously still had the events of the first chapter fresh in my mind, I appreciated the excellent pain-free slide into the new story, which was accomplished without spending too much time on events or circumstances as they stood at the end of Book 1. No rest for the wicked, the weary, or the sometimes absolutely insane!
In the sunlit silence, ghosts of the dead seemed to drift like motes of dust, uncountable.
Now as usual, I'm going to do my damndest not to provide any spoilers here. The authors take so many of the elements that made "The Eighth Continent" so exciting and ramp them up to maximum overdrive. They also add a fascinating new element that I hadn't considered would be such a focus on the 'rich and famous' but again, it just feels so actual. I mean, can we consider something science fiction only because we don't know about it. Because you know after considering it, you calculate a 99.999% probability that it's going on right now? Oh but the vaccine conspiracy folks are not gonna like this new addition to their list of grievances, I can tell you that!
Assuming our results hold up… there’s approximately thirteen trillion dollars of (metals) out here.
True, I will say along with all these flowers I'm handing out that the dynamics of the growing number of players continues to be almost too complex to follow without taking notes. Who is on whose side, which puppeteers are actually pulling the strings, and why do people seem to switch allegiances at the flick of a switch? It's all very staggering when you try to follow along with anything resembling logic but I guess at least one of the lunar-based scientists is right when it comes to their theories on the psyche of long-term habitants. And this time they can't even blame the presence of some top-notch dank weed. Though that one reactivated mech does make me wonder… oops, I've said too much.
Dots were connected into the shapes of globalists, Satanists, Chinese stealth operations, and aliens.
This is outstanding reading for any fans of quality, high-end science fiction or folks that enjoy a good political / mystery thriller. Travelling around the globe, meetings in top-secret bunkers, high stakes escapes and more... trust me, you'll find it all in here and it's only made better by the excellent execution by the Bruno and Savage combo. As I wrote at the end of my carefully worded review of the last book (recap: book good, me read, much fun) I can't wait to start the next chapter with ALL my previous plans being thrown out the airlock to make time to enjoy available!
"Moon 2.0" - unsurprisingly the 2nd instalment of Rhett C. Bruno' and Felix R. Savage's "Eighth Continent" - feels far too realistic in many ways to be considered truly fiction. Throughout this story, I kept thinking to myself "this is exactly how it could happen". Not only because the book itself is obviously expertly researched and crafted but because it. All. Makes. Too. Much. Sense! From the science to the continuing corporate shenanigans to the national / international / and interspatial politics and economic realities, it's just simply breath-taking in scope and execution.
Moon 2.0 is for everyone. That’s not a political statement. It’s an expression of our basic human rights.
Starting promptly after I finished Book 1 (well, after a good night's sleep and a spirited re-charge of coffee), I eagerly dove into this book that reads more like it's 60 pages long than nearly 600. Even with the complexity the authors have built in, the story reads like, well, it's been flung (slung?) from a 20 km long slingshot! And even though I obviously still had the events of the first chapter fresh in my mind, I appreciated the excellent pain-free slide into the new story, which was accomplished without spending too much time on events or circumstances as they stood at the end of Book 1. No rest for the wicked, the weary, or the sometimes absolutely insane!
In the sunlit silence, ghosts of the dead seemed to drift like motes of dust, uncountable.
Now as usual, I'm going to do my damndest not to provide any spoilers here. The authors take so many of the elements that made "The Eighth Continent" so exciting and ramp them up to maximum overdrive. They also add a fascinating new element that I hadn't considered would be such a focus on the 'rich and famous' but again, it just feels so actual. I mean, can we consider something science fiction only because we don't know about it. Because you know after considering it, you calculate a 99.999% probability that it's going on right now? Oh but the vaccine conspiracy folks are not gonna like this new addition to their list of grievances, I can tell you that!
Assuming our results hold up… there’s approximately thirteen trillion dollars of (metals) out here.
True, I will say along with all these flowers I'm handing out that the dynamics of the growing number of players continues to be almost too complex to follow without taking notes. Who is on whose side, which puppeteers are actually pulling the strings, and why do people seem to switch allegiances at the flick of a switch? It's all very staggering when you try to follow along with anything resembling logic but I guess at least one of the lunar-based scientists is right when it comes to their theories on the psyche of long-term habitants. And this time they can't even blame the presence of some top-notch dank weed. Though that one reactivated mech does make me wonder… oops, I've said too much.
Dots were connected into the shapes of globalists, Satanists, Chinese stealth operations, and aliens.
This is outstanding reading for any fans of quality, high-end science fiction or folks that enjoy a good political / mystery thriller. Travelling around the globe, meetings in top-secret bunkers, high stakes escapes and more... trust me, you'll find it all in here and it's only made better by the excellent execution by the Bruno and Savage combo. As I wrote at the end of my carefully worded review of the last book (recap: book good, me read, much fun) I can't wait to start the next chapter with ALL my previous plans being thrown out the airlock to make time to enjoy available!
November 2, 2023
( Format : Audiobook )
"The moon is a world without borders."
Chaos continues to engulf the dying earth and Nick is broke, he'd never received the money promised, but had made it back to his home planet vowing never to set foot on the moon again. But he wants to buy a boat. And in a meeting with an old colleague sees a sure chance to make money, loads of money, more money than he could ever spend - but first he must get them both back to the moon.
The second book in the hard science fiction series, Eighth Continent, a magnificent thriller with numerous well drawn characters, spectacular work building and near non stop action - as would be expected from so talented a duo of authors, Rhett C Bruno and Felix Savage.
Narration is by Scott Aiello, whose fine performance further enhances the enjoyment.
This book could be read as a one off, though knowing the background history from book one adds further depth, and be prepared to look into the future for the hopeful arrival soon of another volume. Highly recommended to all who.love SF, and vividly visual writing.
"The moon is a world without borders."
Chaos continues to engulf the dying earth and Nick is broke, he'd never received the money promised, but had made it back to his home planet vowing never to set foot on the moon again. But he wants to buy a boat. And in a meeting with an old colleague sees a sure chance to make money, loads of money, more money than he could ever spend - but first he must get them both back to the moon.
The second book in the hard science fiction series, Eighth Continent, a magnificent thriller with numerous well drawn characters, spectacular work building and near non stop action - as would be expected from so talented a duo of authors, Rhett C Bruno and Felix Savage.
Narration is by Scott Aiello, whose fine performance further enhances the enjoyment.
This book could be read as a one off, though knowing the background history from book one adds further depth, and be prepared to look into the future for the hopeful arrival soon of another volume. Highly recommended to all who.love SF, and vividly visual writing.
October 15, 2024
I liked book #1 so much I went all in and obtained the other books in this trilogy. My "to read" list is simply too long. Just got around to actually reading them. I did recently re-read book #1 to get myself back into the storyline mentality.
A sequel. Picks up months after book #1.
Like book #1, full of competing interests and it seems all parties have their own self interest taking priority over their actions at the expense of others.
We start with our hero back on Earth. It has a slower start as we setup the whole reason for Nick to head back to the Moon. Nick continues to wonder who are the good and bad actors. Nick is in it for the money, but can't give up on his own morality.
I didn't find this as engaging as Book #1, but it was still very entertaining. More of a 3.5 star rating for me, but I will mark it down as a full 4.
On to the third book.
Have a GoodReads,
A sequel. Picks up months after book #1.
Like book #1, full of competing interests and it seems all parties have their own self interest taking priority over their actions at the expense of others.
We start with our hero back on Earth. It has a slower start as we setup the whole reason for Nick to head back to the Moon. Nick continues to wonder who are the good and bad actors. Nick is in it for the money, but can't give up on his own morality.
I didn't find this as engaging as Book #1, but it was still very entertaining. More of a 3.5 star rating for me, but I will mark it down as a full 4.
On to the third book.
Have a GoodReads,
October 15, 2025
It's been a bit since I read the first book in this series, but Moon 2.0 picks up and does eventually fill the reader in on the most important parts of what you need to remember. I love getting to see a lot more viewpoints as the story splits off into continuing Nick's story, as well as Charlie, Joe, and a few others at times. I also like that Nick's remains a protagonist who sticks to his morals, even as you see him challenged against them a few times throughout this story. The book is very well written, and while some wording can feel a bit more technical than usual, it's still an enjoyable and easy read. There were some segments that seemed to drag a bit for me, but overall once the plot and action got rolling, I was invested in seeing what happened to everyone. Definitely give this book a try if you liked The Eighth Continent (Book 1) and if you enjoy a good sci-fi thriller.
October 11, 2023
An excellent book for any fan of proper Sci-fi. I loved reading this book, and really appreciated the wealth of research that must have been done to produce such a far-reaching story.
The book was pretty long, but after a short while I did find myself totally riveted by the story, and it became harder and harder to put down, the nearer I got to the conclusion.
I enjoyed the well developed characters - there are many - and some great villains. The book is very well written, with entrancing descriptions and a gripping storyline. I felt by the end that the scene had been extremely well set for the next book, and really can't wait to read it!
I think readers would get maximum enjoyment from having read the first book in this series, before this on.
The book was pretty long, but after a short while I did find myself totally riveted by the story, and it became harder and harder to put down, the nearer I got to the conclusion.
I enjoyed the well developed characters - there are many - and some great villains. The book is very well written, with entrancing descriptions and a gripping storyline. I felt by the end that the scene had been extremely well set for the next book, and really can't wait to read it!
I think readers would get maximum enjoyment from having read the first book in this series, before this on.
November 6, 2023
Excellent
Couldn't put it down... But it's so dark and spooky... I would have ordered # 3 in the series if it had been available now. Oh well, maybe if I come across it when it is finally ready. But I have to compliment the authors for all the research they must have done to create a story that appears to be scientifically accurate! I have a library of over 500 sci-fi books and the more I read the more I'm convinced that space is just too dangerous to be dreamed of... I think I'll just hope I die before this beautiful planet does!🙂
Couldn't put it down... But it's so dark and spooky... I would have ordered # 3 in the series if it had been available now. Oh well, maybe if I come across it when it is finally ready. But I have to compliment the authors for all the research they must have done to create a story that appears to be scientifically accurate! I have a library of over 500 sci-fi books and the more I read the more I'm convinced that space is just too dangerous to be dreamed of... I think I'll just hope I die before this beautiful planet does!🙂
April 23, 2024
Long and slow
There's a lot of talk about mining and minerals in the first half of the book. I almost quit reading, but I really liked the first book, so I carried on. It's realy confusing. Who's bad, who's good? People save each other and then try to kill each other in the next chapter. It gets a little too political for me.
There's a lot of talk about mining and minerals in the first half of the book. I almost quit reading, but I really liked the first book, so I carried on. It's realy confusing. Who's bad, who's good? People save each other and then try to kill each other in the next chapter. It gets a little too political for me.
November 16, 2023
A total nailbiter. I swear Nick has lives of a cat. And no one is is trustworthy or even a so called friend. They're no friends in space. This book is full of drama and vengeance and revenge.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2025
Far out!!!
Recommmend for hard core sci-fi freaks who like spy novels. It has lots of international intrigue with some good science.
Recommmend for hard core sci-fi freaks who like spy novels. It has lots of international intrigue with some good science.
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