Free from Venture / Endeavour
The Silent Voice by Christopher Hodder-Williams
First published 1977 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Four men return to Earth from space. Barnes, Ullard, Hewitt, and Staffer have spent years orbiting Mars to collect data. But now they get to come home.
Suddenly, the onboard computer directs them to a new landing path. The men are beginning to feel uneasy. They haven't been in contact with another human at Mission Control for a long time...
With no reserve fuel and tensions rising between the crew, they don't question the new coordinates and safely touch down, back on Earth again.
But there's no welcoming party.
No help.
Nothing.
Christopher Hodder-Williams was an English writer, mainly of science fiction, but he wrote novels about aviation and espionage as well.
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