The Endeavour has made rocket ship history. With its automatic pilot
and artificial gravity, anyone is qualified to fly to the moon. But the
scientists who designed it did not envision the hidden dangers of lunar
exploration. Nor did they foresee the kind of violence that could erupt
among the five mismatched crew members in a lonely space capsule. The
Endeavour's captain, Franz Brunel of the British Space Service, has to
contend with the many perils that await him on the surface of the moon.
Soon a murderer is among them. Now, contemporary readers have the chance
to enjoy Temple's unusual blend of traditional SF with a darkly ironic
tone.