Farside

Set on the moon's farside, the location for an ambitious astronomical observatory, this story weaves together themes of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder amid the challenges of constructing the largest optical telescope and a highly sensitive radio array. As the team faces dangerous conditions, technical failures, and emotional strains during the complex building process, their discoveries about a newly detected Earth-sized planet orbiting a distant star promise to profoundly impact humanity.