May, 1970. After a one-month launch delay, Apollo 13 lands in the Fra Mauro Highlands of the moon—and then the trouble starts.

The first in a series of what-if stories from the golden age of space exploration, Zero Phase was written based on meticulous research, and with assistance from two Apollo astronauts: Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the only remaining person to have visited the Fra Mauro Highlands—and Captain Jim Lovell, the man who was supposed to go.

"LOVED reading this." - Francis French, co-author of Into That Silent Sea, In the Shadow of the Moon and Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon

"[I]t was a good read and kept me wondering how it was going to end." - Captain James Lovell, USN (Ret.), Commander, Apollo 13

"Wow!" - Eric Jones, Editor, Apollo Lunar Surface Journal