Moon Blink (novel)

Moon Blink
Main character(s):	Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
Main setting:	Edinburgh, July 1969
Key crew
Publisher:	Candy Jar Books
Editor:	Andy Frankham-Allen, Shaun Russell, Hayley Cox, Will Rees
Writer:	Sadie Miller
Cover by:	Adrian Salmon
Release details
Release number:	5
Release date:	17 May 2016
Lethbridge-Stewart novels
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Moon Blink was the fourth novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series, released by Candy Jar Books in 2016.

Publisher's summary

July 1969, and mankind is on the Moon. Both the United States and Soviet Russia have lunar bases, and both are in trouble.

Back on Earth, Anne Travers has learned she is about to be visited by an old friend from America, Doctor Patricia Richards. Lance Corporal Bill Bishop is aware of the visit, and is on hand to meet Richards.

She brings with her a surprise, one which the Americans and Russians wish to get their hands on. But the only man who can truly help Anne, Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart, is away in Scotland.

It's a game of cat and mouse, as Anne and Bishop seek to protect the life of an innocent baby – one that holds the secrets to life on the Moon.

Plot

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Characters

• Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart
• Anne Travers
• Lance Corporal William Bishop
• Lieutenant Colonel Walter Douglas
• Lance Corporal Sally Wright
• Professor Edward Travers
• Administrator Frank Bland
• Charlie Redfern
• Tim Gambrell
• Patricia Richards
• Ruby Slant

References

• The Terrae come from Theia, a former planet in the Solar system.

Notes

First appearance of Dolerite Base, codenamed the Madhouse, base of operations for the Fifth Operational Corps, located beneath Edinburgh Castle.

At the end of this novel, Anne Travers is officially transferred from the Vault, and becomes the Head of Science & Research at the Home Army Fifth Operational Corps.

Continuity

• The alien baby is officially adopted by Patricia Richards, and is given the name Brendan. It is said the baby will eventually appear fully human, although he may age quickly for a short period. (TV: K9 and Company)
• Ralph Cornish and the British Rocket Group have just launched Mars Probe 5. Lethbridge-Stewart has only learned there is a British space programme at all as part of HAVOC planning.