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The Incident: Space Thriller
On the International Space Station...
...an unthinkable disaster occurs.
Was it an accident?
ESA astronaut Thomas Ehrmann and NASA astronaut Patricia Michaels escape in a Soyuz capsule. The Russian authorities in Kazakhstan have questions and want to know what happened to the third member of the crew, Oleg Rashkin. They both refuse to talk.
What are they hiding?
Amina Young is a psychologist with the ESA. In her mid-thirties, she's specialized in and advanced the field of psychological analysis of astronauts. If anyone can get to the facts about the incidents that happened on the mission, it's her.
The first contradiction of Ehrmann and Michaels' stories starts Amina down a path she's not prepared for.
Was the Pentagon involved?
Is the Earth's future in peril?
Always realistic and meticulously researched in the environment of the European Space Agency. Many of the incidents described in the book actually happened and are woven together here into a gripping space thriller. For the research for this novel, Joshua personally spoke to active astronauts, former space shuttle pilots and carried out two parabolic flights with Novespace and ESA personnel in order to experience real weightlessness on his own body. Anyone who has always wanted to find out how international space travel works and is organized, what life is like on the ISS, and how it is intertwined with politics will find the right book here.
...an unthinkable disaster occurs.
Was it an accident?
ESA astronaut Thomas Ehrmann and NASA astronaut Patricia Michaels escape in a Soyuz capsule. The Russian authorities in Kazakhstan have questions and want to know what happened to the third member of the crew, Oleg Rashkin. They both refuse to talk.
What are they hiding?
Amina Young is a psychologist with the ESA. In her mid-thirties, she's specialized in and advanced the field of psychological analysis of astronauts. If anyone can get to the facts about the incidents that happened on the mission, it's her.
The first contradiction of Ehrmann and Michaels' stories starts Amina down a path she's not prepared for.
Was the Pentagon involved?
Is the Earth's future in peril?
Always realistic and meticulously researched in the environment of the European Space Agency. Many of the incidents described in the book actually happened and are woven together here into a gripping space thriller. For the research for this novel, Joshua personally spoke to active astronauts, former space shuttle pilots and carried out two parabolic flights with Novespace and ESA personnel in order to experience real weightlessness on his own body. Anyone who has always wanted to find out how international space travel works and is organized, what life is like on the ISS, and how it is intertwined with politics will find the right book here.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 15, 2024
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About the author
Joshua T. Calvert
58 books263 followersJoshua T. Calvert has traveled the world--on foot, by Jeep, by bicycle, by motorcycle, and lots of other ways besides. As you might imagine, he's seen many things most people never see - including an Iranian prison cell, from the inside! In Kyrgyzstan, he fared slightly better, narrowly avoiding being kidnapped for ransom. Skydiver, scuba diver, martial artist, adventurer - his goal is to experience everything possible, and then make it real to you in his books. And he's made a good run of it so far: in the Philippines, he did police training on multiple types of firearms (despite being no fan of guns himself); dove in Asian waters among sharks and shipwrecks; and patrolled with Sumatran jungle rangers.
That's what defines Calvert's approach to method writing: pushing himself beyond his own limits, to experience first-hand what his characters experience, to make your immersion in his stories as deep as it can be.
For Ganymede Rises, after a slight detour with some smugglers in the deserts of Uzbekistan and the steppes of Mongolia, he traveled by dogsled and snowshoe to the Arctic Circle to experience first-hand what it's like to be utterly isolated in the coldest place on Earth. For his book The Fossil, he sat with professional pilots in flight simulators for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft to learn what it's like to fly a passenger jet. His latest adventure: a parabolic flight with European Space Agency astronauts, to experience zero-gravity. All so he can describe it to you, in his own words.
That's what defines Calvert's approach to method writing: pushing himself beyond his own limits, to experience first-hand what his characters experience, to make your immersion in his stories as deep as it can be.
For Ganymede Rises, after a slight detour with some smugglers in the deserts of Uzbekistan and the steppes of Mongolia, he traveled by dogsled and snowshoe to the Arctic Circle to experience first-hand what it's like to be utterly isolated in the coldest place on Earth. For his book The Fossil, he sat with professional pilots in flight simulators for Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft to learn what it's like to fly a passenger jet. His latest adventure: a parabolic flight with European Space Agency astronauts, to experience zero-gravity. All so he can describe it to you, in his own words.
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November 25, 2025
The Incident: Space Thriller
by Joshua T. Calvert
I am a big fan of this author and love his books normally. This one had a great blurb and I was so excited to read it but it fell flat everywhere. It's like a different person wrote it.
by Joshua T. Calvert
I am a big fan of this author and love his books normally. This one had a great blurb and I was so excited to read it but it fell flat everywhere. It's like a different person wrote it.
August 23, 2024
Disappointing Finish
This book flows well with well developed characters and fast moving dialogue. The HINT of what secrets the super secret addition holds. It is a module steeped in mystery. It is at the crux of the situation aboard the ISS that causes it be abandoned. The function of the secret is never actually revealed. It could be Science fiction and anything could have been better than what happened. They NEVER REVEALED its function! I would score it a five star if they did not leave this huge mystery after reading 300+ pages!
This book flows well with well developed characters and fast moving dialogue. The HINT of what secrets the super secret addition holds. It is a module steeped in mystery. It is at the crux of the situation aboard the ISS that causes it be abandoned. The function of the secret is never actually revealed. It could be Science fiction and anything could have been better than what happened. They NEVER REVEALED its function! I would score it a five star if they did not leave this huge mystery after reading 300+ pages!
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February 2, 2025Good story, sadly it has a few liberal talking points.
Story was engaging, characters believable and a good read. Sadly the author inserts a few liberal talking points. Female main character has the expected feminist attitude in so many stories; distrust and negative view of all men, they can do everything better than men, have poor relationships with men because they are so over the top focused on work, are the absolute best at their job, has a mean typically over bearing and attention grabbing male boss but it's OK she will sacrifice herself for the better good....
You know, the typical female martyr. The only thing missing is where she beats up a 300 lb special Ops guy and then quietly sobs at having to hurt another human being.
Overall a good story if you gloss over that nonsense. Hope the author learns to make the next book a story and not a liberal talking point propaganda story.
Story was engaging, characters believable and a good read. Sadly the author inserts a few liberal talking points. Female main character has the expected feminist attitude in so many stories; distrust and negative view of all men, they can do everything better than men, have poor relationships with men because they are so over the top focused on work, are the absolute best at their job, has a mean typically over bearing and attention grabbing male boss but it's OK she will sacrifice herself for the better good....
You know, the typical female martyr. The only thing missing is where she beats up a 300 lb special Ops guy and then quietly sobs at having to hurt another human being.
Overall a good story if you gloss over that nonsense. Hope the author learns to make the next book a story and not a liberal talking point propaganda story.
September 1, 2024
Not recommended
In comparison with his other work, this has been slow going and difficult to keep reading. I would not recommend this book.
In comparison with his other work, this has been slow going and difficult to keep reading. I would not recommend this book.
August 20, 2025
I have never read anything by this author before. This book jumped between now and then which was OK. I realised how paranoid the astronauts were with their distrust of each other. The story was OK then the big reveal of what actual happened is told, and I am totally clueless what the secret that was in the PROM was, and why it needed distroying. Was it a weapon? What was it? So a disappointing ending.
March 31, 2025
The book started off very intriguing, and then it started to feel as if at times there was just too much information in certain situations. It made me feel like jumping pages just to get to the point. I did not enjoy the ending.....I needed more info on the PROM.
April 26, 2025
Brilliant Book!
This is another great book from Joshua Calvert, who graciously points out that it is a deep collaborative effort. This would make a great movie. And the ending opens up all sorts of new opportunities for a continued look at technology and responsibility!
This is another great book from Joshua Calvert, who graciously points out that it is a deep collaborative effort. This would make a great movie. And the ending opens up all sorts of new opportunities for a continued look at technology and responsibility!
June 28, 2024
KINDLE
August 22, 2024
Different from much of what I read, the emphasis on conversations and relationship as well as action in flashback works well. The book builds tension nicely, and the plot was an interesting one.
September 11, 2024
This book is a combination of a space story with with death, detective work and details of the international space station and it's operation. Just really well done.
September 19, 2024
The incident
Yet another cracking read from the pen of my favourite author. I couldn't put it down. Keep em coming Mr Calvert.
Yet another cracking read from the pen of my favourite author. I couldn't put it down. Keep em coming Mr Calvert.
November 19, 2024
Good story ruined by a non-ending
Come on guys. What kind of non-ending was that? You left hanging what the function of the mystery module was. And that was the crux of the story.
Come on guys. What kind of non-ending was that? You left hanging what the function of the mystery module was. And that was the crux of the story.
January 25, 2025
Too much angst
I never got buy in with this story it was 2 dimensional. And you never find out what it was in the prom.
I never got buy in with this story it was 2 dimensional. And you never find out what it was in the prom.
January 26, 2025
It was really good
June 25, 2025
thrilled
So good! Mystery after mystery. Space, intrigue, spies, truth compared with partial statements, language, friendships with lies hidden behind lies
So good! Mystery after mystery. Space, intrigue, spies, truth compared with partial statements, language, friendships with lies hidden behind lies
January 19, 2025
Honestly a great read! I was so interested in seeing where the narrative would take me next and I constantly found myself trying to connect dots. It made me feel like I was solving a mystery. Such a grey read definitely recommend
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