{"id":20719,"date":"2020-01-06T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2020-01-07T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:58:42","slug":"frozen-orbit-a-new-space-novel-by-patrick-chiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20719","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Frozen Orbit&#8221; &#8211; A new space novel by Patrick Chiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chilesfiles.wordpress.com\/about\/\">Patrick Chiles<\/a> has released the new novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0821R89Q1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0821R89Q1&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=67cbe814b5738d7c1a8a14804f2bc59e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Frozen Orbit<\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0821R89Q1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Beginning of Life Awaits at the End of the Solar System<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20720\" style=\"width: 329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0821R89Q1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0821R89Q1&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;amp;linkId=67cbe814b5738d7c1a8a14804f2bc59e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20720\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,2125\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frozen Orbit by Patrick Chiles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Frozen Orbit by Patrick Chiles&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-675x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20720 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-329x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-329x500.jpg 329w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1-1349x2048.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/8116AO2AqOL1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0821R89Q1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0821R89Q1&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;amp;linkId=67cbe814b5738d7c1a8a14804f2bc59e\">Frozen Orbit<\/a> by Patrick Chiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>When a tiny space probe hurtled past Pluto in 2015, no one could know that its most amazing discovery would remain hidden for years. Only when a long-lost Soyuz is destroyed in the skies above Siberia does the truth begin to emerge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>About to embark on NASA\u2019s first expedition to the outer planets, the crew of the spacecraft Magellan learns someone else has beaten them by a few decades: a top-secret Soviet project codenamed Arkangel. It was a mission that began before most of them were even born, and the Kremlin believes it drove their most trusted crew mad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>During their long race to the Kuiper Belt, astronauts Jack Templeton and Traci Keene unwind a decades-old mystery buried in the pages of a dead cosmonaut\u2019s journal. Challenging their own beliefs about the nature of humanity, they will soon confront the question of existence itself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out also Patrick&#8217;s other novels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1518837417\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1518837417&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=c40192864dc13918f469da892cdeb593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Farside<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1518837417\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1469957132\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1469957132&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=d988e24fea99beaed842cc1e6d82af73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perigee<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1469957132\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Some comments from Patrick about the new book: <a href=\"https:\/\/chilesfiles.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/06\/what-were-you-thinking\/\">What Were You Thinking? \u2013 The Chiles Files<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">===<em> Amazon Ad<\/em> ===<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0821R89Q1\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0821R89Q1&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=67cbe814b5738d7c1a8a14804f2bc59e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Frozen Orbit<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0821R89Q1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B0821R89Q1&amp;asins=B0821R89Q1&amp;linkId=f9bbc78b7b5e674f0a93c4198d341d94&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: The Amazon links here result in commissions for HobbySpace if click-throughs lead to purchases.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Chiles has released the new novel, Frozen Orbit: The Beginning of Life Awaits at the End of the Solar System When a tiny space probe hurtled past Pluto in 2015, no one could know that its most amazing discovery would remain hidden for years. Only when a long-lost Soyuz is destroyed in the skies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20719\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Frozen Orbit&#8221; &#8211; A new space novel by Patrick Chiles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[82,38,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-solar-sci-fi","category-speculation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5ob","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7683,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7683","url_meta":{"origin":20719,"position":0},"title":"Review: &#8220;Perigee&#8221; by Patrick Chiles","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"After procrastinating for ages, I'm finally starting a series of \u00a0book reviews. 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