Republic of Luna

Martha Taranto, NY

I couldn't put the book down, "Shadow on the Moon" had my complete attention form beginning to end. Like all the best science fiction, Shadow on the Moon explores new technology, based on the most current research and firmly rooted in the possible. The characters are engaging. The plot explores socially and economically relevant issues. I highly recommend this book, it is a must read.
Bill Rogers, TN

Turning Paradise, a hard-science fiction short story of a wife-and-husband scientist/engineer team working against time to deflect an incoming asteroid from plowing into Earth was a joy to read...and I'm not saying that just because the author used my name for his male protagonist!
Ken Murphy TX

Senior Editor at OutOfTheCradle.net (website)

Lazarus is a stranger in a strange land, and few trust him. But the threat he has uncovered is real, and soon the Moon will know all out war. A war that will grow to encompass all of cislunar space, but also carries the seed of a different tomorrow.
Craig D. Porter, AZ

President of the Moon Society - Phoenix

"Evolution's Child, Republic of Luna," by Charles Lee Lesher, is an exceptional piece of future science as I have read in some time. Set toward the close of this century, this well thought out work develops technologies that are only now being envisioned.
Evelyn Findley, OR

Shadow on the Moon is a wonderful first book. I am left wanting to know more about this Lunarian society and how it progresses. Can't wait for the next book in the series!
Mike Kirby, MO

Fully developed characters, a lot of hard-core science, great action sequences and even a little sex!; Chuck’s novel of this near-future lunar/earth conflict held my interest, as I’m sure it will yours. His views will challenge you. I’m looking forward to the next installment.
Robert Wilson, AZ

The plot is intricate, the science just around the corner, and the characters work well in their environment - not to mention it gets 'hold your breath' exciting.
Elaine Smith, MO

Genesis is a truly compelling (short) story. The images have lasted all day. It isn't often a story can do that for me. I love short stories and their authors, Eudora Welty, Katherine Ann Porter, Guy de Maupassa
John Cooley, FL

Author of "Dear Madman"

If you liked "Prayers for the Assassin" or "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" this is a gotta read. The conflicts in the world today, and the technology of today are writ large and plausible in this novel.
Harold Saferstien, AZ

This sequel to "Evolution's Child" is a blockbuster science fiction masterpiece. I had trouble deciding where science left off and science fiction began. I had great empathy and admiration for the Lunarians and the society they had created and intense contempt for the religious fundamentalists that tried to destroy them.
Douglas P Findley, WA

I loved this book. Reading it was like eating a favorite meal. The scarily accurate predictions about a direction our society currently is moving toward is offset by hope for humanity based on our wisest possibilities.
Roy Speckhardt, DC

Executive Director of the American Humanist Association

Shadow on the Moon is a great work of science fiction. I highly recommend the book to all seeking some insightful, entertaining prose.

Shadow on the Moon - Republic of Luna

By Charles Lee Lesher

Shadow on the Moon combines Evolution’s Child and Revelation’s Child of the Republic of Luna series into one 500-page Anniversary Edition. The Republic of Luna is an ongoing saga about the trials and tribulations of humanities first extraterrestrial nation. Shadow on the Moon covers the Lunarian time-line from late October to early November in the year 2092.

In a century filled with strife, the dogs of war are gathering once more. By late 2092, climate change and conflict have devastated the planet. Even thinned by bloodshed, famine, and disease, Earth’s population exceeds 10 billion. Food and water are in short supply, refugee’s number in the hundreds of millions and lawlessness abounds. Humanity is in turmoil.

Religious zealots exploit this despair, claiming it’s God’s punishment for man’s misdeeds. Within the North American Federation, Christian theocracy displaced democracy, plunging once proud America into a Dark Age. On the other side of the planet, the Islamic Brotherhood controls a third of the world from Indonesia, across Asia and the Middle East and well onto the African continent, India the only holdout. China, the leading space faring nation on Earth, allies with the Brotherhood providing them with science and technology for a price. Only within the European Union is there still a semblance of individual freedom. The nations of the w orld align along sectarian lines as global violence escalates.

In sharp contrast, the Republic of Luna is a technocratic society where information flows freely and nothing is secret, a place governed by humanism and the laws of science. Out of necessity, life on an airless world burrows deep underground and to stay alive, Lunarians unlock nature’s deepest secrets, gaining mastery over the genetic foundations of life itself. In doing so, they become the first true extraterrestrials.

From Washington to Rome to Mecca, when Earth’s theists learn of the Lunarians meddling in human genetics, they denounce them as abominations. Prince Ahmed Mohammed Al Zarqowi, Caliph of the Islamic Brotherhood, believes he can hide behind this turmoil to attack Luna with impunity and create humanity’s first multi-planet empire. To the Caliph this is simply the next step in a plan to bring an unbelieving world under Islamic Law. He unleashes forces intent on destroying the Republic before it’s a half-century-old.

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Roy Speckhardt, DC

Executive Director of the American Humanist Association (Website)

Shadow on the Moon is a great work of science fiction. Author Charles Lee Lesher does a great job grabbing the readers interest early on, and he doesn't let go until the end of this page turner. In addition to being entertaining, as a humanist leader I know that many humanists, atheists, and freethinkers will find this book to be of great philosophical interest. It's certainly intriguing to contrast a society where religious fundamentalism has taken over, with a society where it has been left behind. I highly recommend the book to all seeking some insightful, entertaining prose.

Read On

Ken Murphy, TX

Senior Editor at OutOfTheCradle.net (website)

Evolution's Child awarded OutOfTheCradle’s Moon Fiction of the Year 2007. Shadow on the Moon contains a revised Evolution’s Child and the sequel, Revelation’s Child in one 500-page volume:

Lazarus is a stranger in a strange land, and few trust him. But the threat he has uncovered is real, and soon the Moon will know all out war. A war that will grow to encompass all of cislunar space, but also carries the seed of a different tomorrow.

Read On

Douglas P Findley, WA

I loved this book. Reading it was like eating a favorite meal. The scarily accurate predictions about a direction our society currently is moving toward is offset by hope for humanity based on our wisest possibilities.

Read On

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