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Violence
A lot
Sabotage attempts and some deaths in dangerous mission conditions
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationship; nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking; eating disorder behaviors depicted carefully and without glamorization
Emotional Intensity
Some
Eating disorder recovery as ongoing work, saboteur paranoia within a sealed community, the burden of being a public figure
What this book is about
Set concurrently with The Fated Sky, The Relentless Moon follows Nicole Wargin — an astronaut and politician's wife stationed on the moon's colony. When accidents begin happening and the Earth First resistance movement makes clear its intention to sabotage the space program, Nicole must find the saboteur among her colleagues while managing her own history with eating disorders and the political pressure bearing on her husband. An intensely plotted thriller within Kowal's alternate history world.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
eating disorder content depicted throughout
sabotage thriller in a confined setting
death from mission accidents
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