How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands a job as a NASA secretary during the Apollo 11 mission, the work is everything she dreamed, and while she feels a budding attraction to one of the engineers, she can’t get distracted. Not now. When her inability to ignore mistaken calculations propels her into a new position, Annie finds herself torn between her ambition, her heart, and a mysterious discovery that upends everything she knows to be scientifically true. Can she overcome her doubts and reach beyond the limits of time and space? Affecting, immersive, and kaleidoscopic, Shoot the Moon tells the story of one singular life at multiple points in time, one woman's quest to honor both her head and her heart amid the human toll of scientific progress.
Author
Isa Arsén is a certified bleeding heart based in central Texas, where she lives with her spouse and a comically small dog. She has several shorts featured in independent anthologies and pieces of interactive media. Her debut novel, SHOOT THE MOON, is forthcoming with Putnam Books in 2023. Isa is represented by Chris Bucci at Aevitas Creative Management. Outside of writing, she is a sound designer for various media platforms and can often be found in a climbing harness with chalk up to her elbows.
