Moon Rescue

Escape from the Dome

By: Tom Kranz

Narrated by: Tarquin Thornton-Close

Moon Rescue: Escape from the Dome speculates about a future Moon habitat designed as a final refuge for those escaping the slow destruction of the Earth due to unchecked climate change. Plans to make the moon habitation a stepping-stone to a Mars mission—as speculated by NASA’s Artemis program—are scuttled in the face of catastrophic fires, land erosion, and rising temperatures on Earth.

In the year 2067, the average temperature has risen three degrees. New York’s Battery Park is underwater. The beaches of the Jersey Shore are reduced to thin strips of sand. Huge portions of California have been reduced to burned hellscapes due to relentless fires and mudslides. Refugee camps dot the former state, as survivors struggle to figure out what to do now that their homes, cars, and all their worldly possessions have been lost. Storm shelters are mandated in major population areas to protect citizens from tornadoes, hurricanes, and other severe weather caused by global warming.

Unknown to their lunar neighbors, Dome residents Sam and Leah Ragland are fugitives from the insurrection of 2055 during which Sam, then known as Enrico Janice Walton Stein—or Rick for short—aided and abetted an armed invasion of the Planetary Commission’s headquarters in Old Philadelphia that ended in bloodshed. Rick is a native of 23rd-century Earth, a devastated environment of toxic bogs, dark rain, and little direct sunlight, who traveled through a wormhole in an effort to halt the climate apathy of the 21st century.

Written as a sequel to the five-star novel Time Travel Rescue: Escape from the 21st Century, Moon Rescue poses a basic question, "Why are we planning to spend billions of dollars to send humans to Mars when our own planet is dying under our feet? Is it worth fulfilling the dream of deep space exploration when we can barely keep our own planet alive for future generations?"

©2022 TK Books LLC (P)2022 Thomas Kranz

Good story, Great Narration !

I enjoyed this story and it held my interest to the end. The narration was very good, if a bit overkill with dramatics at times. I would recommend this book providing you don’t mind some cursing. It is not constant but it is there, It is definitely a sci-fi type story, and book 2 of a 2 book series with Time Travel Rescue being book 1

So much fun!

Moon Rescue and the Time Travel Rescue are fun futuristic books that give us a glimps of a future we hope to never have on this planet. Mr. Kranz paints a picture of of a failing planet faced with global warming and terrible environmental changes that threaten all life, The subject is presented with the seriousness it deserves but also themes of love, commitment, humor and comradare add the levity that makes these books funny and charming. They always give you a good feeling as you near the end of a chapter. Each page will fly by and you will enjoy every minute. We hope Mr. Kranz will have a third book to add to the series soon. Thanks for the wonderful reads!!!

L