Blood Moon

What at read! I CONSUMED this book in two very short days.... less time than FS-6 had to rescue FS-5 before the nasty Terminator arrived! Well.... It is a good book... I don't know what book Mr. Haschka read -- must have been the Classic Comix version.... by the way, did you really have to go in to soooo much of the plot to say you hated the book? good grief! there are some people who want to READ a book and not a SKIM a synopsis! I found the female characters particularly well drawn -- even down to the "scool girl crush" that Bianco had -- whatsamatta, you think middle-age women are exempt from crushes? I also don't feel like I need to tell the author that s/he needed 5 rescuers when s/he did quite well with 7 (that I did care about BTW)... Just because this isn't your "typical" hard science fiction (I mean... it has SEX in it! ooohhh!) doesn't mean that it isn't a good book... I found the ruminations on the "supernatural" as explainable by quantum physics fascinating.... Hope DiVono writes another soon! If you haven't found your great summer read, this one may well be it....

I was happily surprised at the high level of hard science incorporated into this novel. The descriptions of the lunar base and NASA operations are well researched, and spoken with a voice of authority. The plot and characters are tightly woven into a seamless and credible whole. The story moves along briskly and asks the reader to explore myths in search of the underlying science-just as the characters do the same. Not everything is laid out with pat explanations, instead the answers lie within the collective theories presented by the individual participants. An intelligent and entertaining read. Highly Recommended.

This is a very good book. Besides combining the genres of mystery and SF, DiVono's understanding of near-term technology and ability a character development are very solid. The characters are 3-dimensional and "human," without the necessity to resort to a "whiz kid" who solves the entire puzzle. The technology is interesting and familiar enough to keep the reader engaged. It's not a short book, but should keep a reader entertained over a long, winter weekend at the beach.

Farside Base is the US base of operations on the moon, and, as its name suggests, it is on the far side. Now, something is terribly wrong at Farside Base. There have been five missions so far in the new century, and the fifth one has failed. All communications have been lost and the crew is presumed dead. A sixth mission is hastily put together for a rescue mission, but what the sixth mission crew finds is horrendously ominous. No one can figure out what happened at Farside Base, and the only surviving member of the fifth mission team isn't talking. He's insane.Colonel Tseng has been sent to bring back information, and that's what she tries to do. But there is a threat looming, and she can't figure out how and why the crew died, where the threat originates, or when it will strike again, and she can't decipher the meaning of the awful graffiti left on Farside Base. After all, how would one interpret the words "Food for the Moon?"Sharman DiVono has combined two divergent and compelling story forms, the science fiction story and the mystery. Her deft touch with description and narrative strikes an excellent balance between suspense and science. Add to that excellent characterization and a suspenseful story, and you have a fine example of a science fiction suspense novel.Rickey R. Mallory

Farside Base is the US base of operations on the moon, and, as its name suggests, it is on the far side. Now, something is terribly wrong at Farside Base. There have been five missions so far in the new century, and the fifth one has failed. All communications have been lost and the crew is presumed dead. A sixth mission is hastily put together for a rescue mission, but what the sixth mission crew finds is horrendously ominous. No one can figure out what happened at Farside Base, and the only surviving member of the fifth mission team isn't talking. He's insane. Colonel Tseng has been sent to bring back information, and that's what she tries to do. But there is a threat looming, and she can't figure out how and why the crew died, where the threat originates, or when it will strike again, and she can't decipher the meaning of the awful graffiti left on Farside Base. After all, how would one interpret the words "Food for the Moon?"Sharman DiVono has combined two divergent and compelling story forms, the science fiction story and the mystery. Her deft touch with description and narrative strikes an excellent balance between suspense and science. Add to that excellent characterization and a suspenseful story, and you have a fine example of a science fiction suspense novel.Rickey R. Mallory