"Greene remixes sci-fi conventions into a wild, satisfying adventure in a nearly picaresque vein.Readers willing to roll with the punches will delight in following Greene's winding path." - Publishers Weekly " Mercury Rising is a rollicking, funny, picaresque adventure novel. Recommended for fans of old sf-adventure serials and Ernest Cline's Armada." - Booklist "Greene's world is immersive, compelling, and fun. Brooklyn's saga takes us from a dank New York City jail cell to bone-dry Texas, the rim of a still-smoking crater, the Arctic circle, a Vegas-like city on the moon, and beyond. And, like Brooklyn, I could only hang on for dear life and enjoy the ride. As with all good alternate history, it entertains while shining a light on issues that bedevil this world, and makes you think about the missed opportunities in our own timeline.
" - B.L. Blanchard , author of The Peacekeeper "With a deft weaving of rock 'n roll, denim suits, AMC Pacers and nuclear-powered spaceships, Greene effortlessly recreates a 1970s America that could have been. This thoroughly plausible alternate history in which asteroid-slinging aliens threaten a spacefaring human race is narrated by Greene's unlikely hero, Brooklyn Lamontagne. Seemingly a brash young ne-er-do well, Brooklyn is redeemed by his love for his mother and his loyalty to his friends and you can't help but root for him as he navigates a rocky path from the cold streets of NYC to the moon and beyond. As the stakes intensify and the mystery around earth's implacable enemy deepens, the story becomes a ride as fast as an Oppenheimer-powered rocket and you won't want it to stop. Can't wait to see what comes next!" - Sarah J. Daley , author of Obsidian "The action in Mercury Rising is compelling from the first chapter.
Greene's skill at creating an alternate space-faring America in the mid-1970's is studded with the perfect amount of pop culture references, and his many-layered Everyman, Brooklyn Lamontagne, feels like a long-lost best friend. All this combines to lock you in for a thrilling story that's impossible to put down." - Ginger Smith, author of The Rush's Edge "Everything I've come to love about Greene: impeccable story logic, fantastic prose, sly humor, and hope in all its glory." - Zig Zag Claybourne, author of Afro Puffs are the Antennae of the Universe " Mercury Rising charmed and fascinated me. Greene has taken an absolutely wild premise and somehow made it fit like a puzzle piece into our own history and knowledge of the greater universe. It is unexpected and clever, heartfelt and funny, with big, conceptual penny-drop moments that hit the reader as hard as they hit the novel's weary protagonist, Brooklyn Lamontagne." - Chris Panatier, author of Stringers and The Phlebotomist "Surprising, engaging, and with plenty of smart nods to society's bullshit, Mercury Rising is a slice of alternative history that reads like science-fiction Stephen King. A joy.
" - Dan Hanks , author of Swashbucklers "A tense and moody ride-along on a merchant starship with a corporate family in a far future where being an honest trader is a liability and marriage is about adding a needed skill to the crew, willing or no. But there is always light to be found in the darkness and great discoveries lurk in unexpected places." - Marjorie B. Kellogg , author of GLIMMER.