Ascent
By: Jed Mercurio.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780743298223
Subjects: Astronauts -- Soviet Union -- Fiction; Fighter pilots -- Soviet Union -- Fiction; Soviet Union -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Rising from the disadvantages of a Stalingrad orphanage to the prestige of the cosmonaut corps, Yefgenii Yeremin struggles with the covert nature of his Korean War missions, which cause his heroics to go unreported, and pursues glory when he is called tojoin the race to the moon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237).