User:Robkelk/sandbox/Works pages/The Apollo Murders
| Written by: | Chris Hadfield |
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| Genre(s): | Thriller, Historical fiction |
| First published: | October 12, 2021 |
In a World where the Apollo program continued to Apollo 18 with military funding, ...
Tropes used in Robkelk/sandbox/Works pages/The Apollo Murders include:
TROPE CANDIDATE: * Give the Villain a Hero's Funeral: It wasn't until Chad was told to make sure his story was straight before his trial that he realizes he was not only acting against NASA's interests but was also guilty of murder and treason. He drowns himself, but because of his high-visibility position in a program faced with massive budget cuts, NASA gives him a headstone at Arlington.
- Historical Domain Character: There are nineteen Real Life people protrayed in the roles they had at the time the novel was set, from the county sheriff to the President of the United States and the Chairman of the KGB. An appendix lists them all.
- Write What You Know:
- The novel is about astronauts, and was written by an astronaut.
- The protagonist used to be a test pilot before joining the astronaut program. Chris Hadfield used to be a test pilot before joining the astronaut program.