by Alton Gansky
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Veteran astronaut Benjamin “Tuck” Tucker is slated to pilot the first commercial space flight. But ruthless enemies are about to jeopardize the enterprise. With a recent tragedy still haunting his memory, Tuck must turn to a God he no longer trusts as he fights for his life and the lives of all aboard.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Page-turning suspense and a fascinating plot help make this Gansky's best novel to date, 2008-07-15
Although Alton Gansky has penned many suspense novels (such as FINDER'S FEE), in ZERO-G he hits his stride with his best page-turner story to date.
The story starts strong, placing the reader in the middle of a tragedy in the making. After surviving the terrifying debacle (which keeps readers glued), Commander Benjamin Tucker, or "Tuck" as he's known, becomes haunted by memories of his space mission gone wrong. Plagued by nightmares and grounded by NASA, he's separated from the thing he's most passionate about. Tuck is angry with his superiors, and most importantly to Gansky's story, Tuck is bitter about God.
What prompted the tragedy in space lays the groundwork for the rest of the story. Tuck is wooed away from NASA by Ted Roos, a hotshot video game mogul who is pouring large amounts of his cash and others into SpaceVentures, a company that is set to provide private space travel. Gansky creates a nice tension between Tuck and his family, who desperately want to support his dreams but who are still traumatized by his close call on the last space mission. He also shows well how some men and women are captivated by space travel or the idea of space travel, and nothing else satisfies.
Tuck becomes commander of the first tourist space flight, and everything looks rosy. But lurking in the background is the man responsible for the loss of Tuck's old crew, an Italian father determined to seek revenge, and Lance Campbell, a crewman with a grudge. Nothing is too obvious, and figuring out who is after whom will keep readers interested until the final pages.
The rich and famous soon sign on to be the first space tourists: Theodore Burke, Secretary of State; Ginny Lin, a popular starlet; Daki Abe, a Japanese businessman and multimillionaire; and James Donnelly, a top-notch journalist who is covering it all for the press. Careening through space in command of the Legacy on her first space voyage, Tuck once again must face a tragedy in the making --- and determine if he is willing to sacrifice his own family for the greater good.
Readers who want a clear outline of the plan of salvation will find that Gansky has worked it into the plot in the form of conversations between Tuck and his father, the likable Ben. Some may find these conversations a bit heavy-handed. Regardless, if anything could send a strong Christian into a tailspin of bitterness and indecision about his faith, it's clear that Tuck's circumstances would be plenty, so Gansky makes it believable. A few times it goes over the top, as in one scene where Tuck reaches out in the dark to "touch the face of God" (from the moving poem about the Columbia disaster in 1986).
Gansky does a wonderful job showing the depravity and injustice of evil and its effects without resorting to gratuitous violence or a big body count. The ability to do this is tough in faith fiction, and he strikes just the right tone. As well as providing page-turning suspense, Gansky uses his story to examine the problem of suffering and the injustice of tragedy.
If you enjoyed the movie Apollo 13 or just like a good suspense yarn, give ZERO-G a look. It's guaranteed to keep you up late reading.
--- Reviewed by Cindy Crosby
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Not His Best, 2008-07-11
I generally like Alton Gansky, but I found this work less gripping than most. This novel wasn't bad, just not particularly exciting.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing, but premise intriguing..., 2008-06-25
Zero-G, by Alton Gansky, has possibilities. Unfortunately, in the end, the book fails to deliver a concise story.
Zero-G (perhaps better titled Micro-G, since this is consistently emphasized), is of the "Christian science fiction" genre. Who knew there was such a thing?!
Space Shuttle Commander Tucker barely survives a mysterious malady during a mission that kills the other 5 members of his crew. A year later, with nightmares continuing and the loss of his active flight status, he gets the opportunity to be the first pilot of a commercial space tourism vehicle. The malady reappears, and Tuck has to make some very hard decisions.
This "malady" involves a biologically engineered infection. Quain, the inventor, kills all who stand in his way of demonstrating its effectiveness as a weapon.
Tuck's father reminds Tuck of the power of prayer, and the meaning of Christian faith. Throughout, the reader is reminded of Tuck's rekindled faith.
Unfortunately, there is more literary emphasis on prayer and God than on the motivation of Quain to become a monster, willing to murder at will. What, Tuck caught him once stealing drugs? Sure, that would motivate anyone to design a super weapon and kill a bunch of innocents. Our prisons are full of inmates who are going to turn into raving murders when they are released. No? Then what was Quain's motivation?
Sorry, this was a very underdeveloped plot. Gansky sticks in the power of prayer whenever he can, but it distracts him from fleshing out his story. It had promise, but failed to deliver.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Very good read, 2008-03-10
Alton Gansky's book "Zero-G" is an excellent novel. It involves a disaster about the space shuttle and the subsequent ramifications of that accident.
I do not want to give plot details away, but let me say the characters are well developed, and realistic. The plot is well written and takes unexpected turns. The dialogue makes the characters even better.
The one slight draw back I have with "Zero-G" is that there are many deaths. They are not detailed in an inappropriate manner, but many people do die as the story unfolds
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Another winner from Gansky, 2008-02-26
I've always been a big fan of Alton Gansky. He won me over with his JD Stanton supernatural thrillers back in the day and drove me to used bookstores everywhere to track down his out of print murder crime mysteries. He manages to write exceptional Christian supernatural thrillers and action adventure stories. In my opinion, his detective books aren't so hot (think Maddy Glen Series), but luckily this was a bio-techno thriller. Michael Crichton he is not,(and after the drudgery of Next, I'd have to say thank goodness) but he is top of his game in the Christian market.
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