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Final Orbit 2025
Final Orbit is a 2025 alternate history thriller novel written by Canadian retired astronaut and author Chris Hadfield. Published initially in October 2025 in the United States through Little, Brown and Company, and in the United Kingdom by Quercus, it marks Hadfield's third entry in the Apollo Murders series. The previous titles in the series are The Apollo Murders from 2021 and The Defector from 2023. Set in an alternate 1975, the novel revolves around the American-Soviet Apollo–Soyuz space mission. Historical figures featured include US president Gerald Ford and Chinese chairman Mao Zedong. Hadfield confirmed that "almost everything in Final Orbit is real".
Details
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- ISBN
- 9780316581684
- Pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Series
- The Apollo Murders
